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Horseshoe Pond Reserve

Horseshoe Pond Reserve from directly overhead

Horseshoe Pond Reserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Eastman Mountain stands 893 m to the west, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Wing Moose Pond Reserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Greater Lovell Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.21719, -70.93433

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • North Lovell Playground: 3.5 mi
  • Keewaydin Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Keyes Pond Public Access: 7.1 mi
  • Crooked River Park: 8.9 mi
  • Stearns Pond Public Access: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Emerald Pool: 4.9 mi
  • Chandler Gorge: 5.3 mi
  • Brickett Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Kezar Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Mad River Falls: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 24
Beaches: 17
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 10.9 mi
  • Keoka Lake Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Gage Rice Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Long Lake Beach: 14.3 mi
Museums: 17
Attractions: 16
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 13.9 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 13.9 mi
  • Bridgton Higlands Country Club: 14.1 mi
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 14.2 mi
  • Giant Swing: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 12.4 mi
  • Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 15.9 mi
  • Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 15.9 mi
  • P6: 19.2 mi
  • P5: 19.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Deer Hill Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 19.8 mi
  • lower falls: 20.8 mi
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Mary's Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 16.0 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 20.6 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Horseshoe Pond Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eastman MountainW 269°893 m6.3 mi
Speckled MountainN 349°880 m5.2 mi
Ames MountainNNW 341°819 m5.3 mi
Spruce HillNNW 336°762 m5.7 mi
Durgin MountainN 358°732 m5.6 mi
Miles KnobNNE 24°630 m6.4 mi
Slope MountainWSW 249°596 m5.8 mi
Blueberry MountainNNW 327°543 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0119:4720:32
September equinox06:3218:0518:43
December solstice07:1715:2116:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182129425463686759473625
Precip in3.73.13.54.33.85.34.65.03.85.34.24.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethel 6 SSE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/614049831

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