Knight's Pond Preserve
Knight's Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruce Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust
How to reach it
- 17.4 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Bruce Hill: 0.3 mi
- Bruce Hill Summit: 0.3 mi
- Walnut Hill: 1.1 mi
- Wescutogo Hill: 2.5 mi
- Verrill Ledges: 2.9 mi
- Water Supply Land: 0.8 mi
- Farwell Forest: 0.8 mi
- Greely Woods: 0.9 mi
- Glenview Conservation Easement: 1.0 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Village Green: 0.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Sam Ristich Trail: 1.2 mi
- Cumberland County Fair: 1.6 mi
- West Cumberland Recreation Complex: 2.6 mi
- Cumberland Veterans Monument: 1.5 mi
- Eartha: 5.1 mi
- Harold Libbey Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Schooner Windfall: 7.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Hurricane Valley Farm: 3.1 mi
- Yarmouth Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Yarmouth Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- The Garden at Pineland Farms: 5.4 mi
- Lilac Garden: 5.4 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 6.8 mi
- Wilkies Beach: 8.4 mi
- Chandler Cove Beach: 9.9 mi
- East End Beach: 10.3 mi
- East End Beach: 10.7 mi
- Cumberland Farmers Club: 1.4 mi
- Desert of Maine: 5.9 mi
- Big Indian: 6.0 mi
- Pineland Farms Corn Maize: 6.5 mi
- Bradbury Mountain State Park: 6.8 mi
- Yarmouth Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Desert of Maine Farm Museum: 6.0 mi
- Warden Museum: 8.3 mi
- Bustins Island Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- University of New England Art Gallery: 9.7 mi
- Can't Stop Hip Hop: 3.3 mi
- Chalk Art Wall: 9.1 mi
- Biosphere: 9.7 mi
- The Constance Corey PhD. Memorial Garden: 9.7 mi
- Cloud Couch: 9.9 mi
- White Head Cliff: 12.7 mi
- The Cliffs: 12.8 mi
- Fryes Leap: 12.9 mi
- Cod Ledges: 13.1 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 13.2 mi
- First Falls: 4.6 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 7.0 mi
- Steep Falls: 19.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 20.6 mi
- Bug Light: 11.6 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 23.7 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 23.7 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 20.0 mi
- Davis Spring: 20.5 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 17.6 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Knight's Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | W 271° | 178 m | 4.5 mi |
| Dutton Hill | WNW 296° | 175 m | 4.3 mi |
| Adams Hill | WNW 303° | 174 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Hunger | WNW 293° | 158 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hunt Hill | WNW 303° | 153 m | 3.9 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | SSW 213° | 151 m | 5.2 mi |
| Gloucester Hill | N 350° | 150 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NW 325° | 150 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:20 | 16:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 5 mi away.
- Red-breasted Nuthatch73 obs
- Downy Woodpecker65 obs
- American Goldfinch64 obs
- Northern Cardinal62 obs
- Tufted Titmouse51 obs
- American Bullfrog51 obs
- Eastern Bluebird48 obs
- White-breasted Nuthatch44 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1339241281
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