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Littlejohn Island Preserve

Littlejohn Island Preserve from directly overhead

Littlejohn Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinker Preserve, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Royal River Conservation Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.76406, -70.11864

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Camp Soci: 1.4 mi
  • Sunset Landing: 2.8 mi
  • Winslow Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Town Land: 3.1 mi
  • Grist Mill Park: 3.8 mi
Beaches
  • Sandy Point Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Chandler Cove Beach: 3.1 mi
  • East End Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Kennedy Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Suprise Beach: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Schooner Windfall: 3.1 mi
  • Eartha: 3.8 mi
  • Battery Abbot: 6.1 mi
  • Jewell Island Military Reservation: 6.1 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 6.4 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Organic Vegetable Fields: 4.9 mi
  • Organic Gardens: 5.1 mi
  • FCS Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 54
Museums: 42
Artworks: 39
Cliffs: 9
  • White Head Cliff: 8.9 mi
  • The Cliffs: 9.0 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 9.6 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 9.8 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • First Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Littlejohn Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillWNW 289°178 m12.4 mi
Dutton HillWNW 298°175 m12.6 mi
Hunt HillWNW 300°153 m12.1 mi
Blackstrap HillW 268°151 m10.1 mi
Leighton HillW 264°145 m10.7 mi
Libby HillWNW 282°144 m12.5 mi
Bradbury MountainNNW 342°143 m10.1 mi
Bruce HillWNW 300°136 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4320:27
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:1916:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533445464706961493928
Precip in3.53.34.04.43.64.73.73.84.35.44.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/295180739

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