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Indian Cellar Preserve

Indian Cellar Preserve from directly overhead

Indian Cellar Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Abbott Mountain stands 324 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant Point Park, a park 0.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Hollis Conservation Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.59090, -70.55610

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pleasant Point Park: 0.2 mi
  • Town Farm Park: 2.7 mi
  • Carroll Park: 5.3 mi
  • Hollis Sports Complex: 5.8 mi
  • Bonny Eagle Park: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 11.8 mi
  • common space: 14.1 mi
  • Plot 55: 14.1 mi
  • Plot 45: 14.1 mi
  • common space: 14.1 mi
Museums: 37
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 11
  • Ampitheater: 12.5 mi
  • Elks Club: 12.6 mi
  • Willowbrook Museum Village: 15.5 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 15.8 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Slackcrack: 9.1 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 15.0 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 18.0 mi
  • Fryes Leap: 18.2 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 8.2 mi
  • Steep Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Hiram Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Orris Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Davis Spring: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Indian Cellar Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Abbott MountainW 272°324 m13.9 mi
Joab Black PeakNW 318°315 m14.0 mi
Ossipee HillW 269°312 m9.2 mi
High PastureNW 319°296 m14.0 mi
John Douglass MountainNW 320°287 m13.7 mi
Hussey MountainW 267°274 m13.3 mi
Libby MountainNW 321°247 m13.3 mi
Cannon HillWNW 300°201 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:55
June solstice05:0219:4420:28
September equinox06:3018:0418:42
December solstice07:1315:2216:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130425363686758463625
Precip in3.63.64.64.93.94.54.13.84.05.74.54.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hollis, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1298247017

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