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Magoon Pond Public Reserved Land

Magoon Pond Public Reserved Land from directly overhead

Magoon Pond Public Reserved Land is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Passadumkeag Mountain stands 442 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tredwell Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.33908, -68.19641
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 16
  • Springfield Fair: 5.4 mi
  • Cole’s Landing: 5.8 mi
  • Penobscot River Access - Winn: 13.0 mi
  • Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park and Campground: 13.1 mi
  • West Lake Access: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Historic sites: 5
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Grand Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Big Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Little Falls: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Magoon Pond Public Reserved Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Passadumkeag MountainSSW 209°442 m16.5 mi
Musquash MountainE 80°364 m19.7 mi
Duck MountainSSE 164°362 m12.2 mi
Brown HillENE 62°338 m8.4 mi
Stetson MountainNE 39°326 m16.7 mi
Bowers MountainENE 70°317 m8.5 mi
Gates HillNE 56°309 m8.3 mi
Dill HillENE 70°304 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4519:4020:25
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:1015:0415:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151728415463696759473523
Precip in3.52.43.53.63.74.13.43.63.44.74.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1370431109

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