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Little Yarmouth Island Preserve

Little Yarmouth Island Preserve from directly overhead

Little Yarmouth Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Tate Hill stands 109 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Back Trail Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Harpswell Heritage Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.77984, -69.92442

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trufant-Summerton Ballfield: 2.4 mi
  • Houghton Graves Park: 3.0 mi
  • Municipal Hiking Trail Parking Lot: 3.8 mi
  • Mitchell Field: 4.6 mi
  • Mackerel Cove Lot: 4.9 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Beaches: 47
  • Sea Cove Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Spring Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Sand Dune Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Head Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Seawall Beach: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 45
Museums: 44
Cliffs: 7
  • Morse Point: 7.1 mi
  • Hockomock Head: 11.7 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 16.2 mi
  • The Cliffs: 16.3 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 17.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Little Yarmouth Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tate HillNNW 347°109 m15.3 mi
Cox PinnacleNNW 328°108 m13.2 mi
Oak HillNNW 327°85 m10.2 mi
Hedgehog MountainWNW 300°85 m11.7 mi
Fuller MountainENE 61°81 m5.0 mi
Bald RockNW 324°81 m11.8 mi
Higgins MountainENE 73°79 m8.6 mi
Winston HillWNW 291°73 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1418:52
June solstice04:5819:4220:26
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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1348629479

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