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Johnson Field Preserve

Johnson Field Preserve from directly overhead

Johnson Field Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mackerel Cove Lot, a park 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 30 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Harpswell Heritage Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.73109, -69.99629

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mackerel Cove Lot: 0.1 mi
  • Houghton Graves Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mitchell Field: 3.3 mi
  • Town Land: 6.4 mi
  • Trufant-Summerton Ballfield: 6.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Jewell Island Military Reservation: 6.3 mi
  • Schooner Windfall: 7.7 mi
  • Battery Abbot: 9.9 mi
  • Eartha: 9.9 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 10.1 mi
Gardens
  • Floratorium: 7.1 mi
  • Organic Vegetable Fields: 7.6 mi
  • Organic Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • FCS Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street): 10.4 mi
Attractions: 59
  • Thunderhole: 0.6 mi
  • Big Indian: 9.5 mi
  • "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 10.2 mi
  • LL Bean Boot: 10.3 mi
  • Desert of Maine: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 54
  • Sea Cove Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Kennedy Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Suprise Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Chandler Cove Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Sand Dune Beach: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 47
Museums: 39
Cliffs: 7
  • Morse Point: 10.0 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 11.4 mi
  • The Cliffs: 11.5 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 12.0 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • First Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Johnson Field Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradbury MountainNW 322°143 m15.0 mi
Bruce HillWNW 296°136 m15.0 mi
Cox PinnacleNNW 347°108 m14.9 mi
Hedgehog MountainNW 325°85 m11.4 mi
Oak HillN 351°85 m12.1 mi
Fuller MountainNE 54°81 m9.8 mi
Bald RockNNW 345°81 m13.3 mi
Higgins MountainENE 64°79 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1418:52
June solstice04:5919:4220:26
September equinox06:2818:0118:39
December solstice07:1115:1916:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332435463696860493828
Precip in3.53.54.14.34.14.23.53.34.26.05.24.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick NAS, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1348628592

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