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Mathews Wildlife Habitat

Mathews Wildlife Habitat from directly overhead

Mathews Wildlife Habitat is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. McGaffey Mountain stands 360 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Avery-Smith Shoreland, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Kennebec Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.40680, -70.02516

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Echo Lake Boat Access: 3.2 mi
  • Taylor Pond Boat Access: 3.3 mi
  • Fairgrounds Community Park: 3.3 mi
  • Maranacook Lake Boat Access: 3.5 mi
  • Readfield Town Beach: 3.7 mi
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 21
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Liberty Bell: 13.8 mi
  • Dr Hubbard Office: 14.3 mi
  • Dummer House: 14.3 mi
  • Demolition Derby Pit: 22.8 mi
  • Kiddie Land: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Richardson's Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Town Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Stinchfield Beach: 6.4 mi
  • East Winthrop Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Tyler’s Pond Beach: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bond Brook Falls: 13.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cooper Spring: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Mathews Wildlife Habitat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McGaffey MountainNNE 21°360 m9.3 mi
Vienna MountainNNE 20°359 m11.0 mi
Round TopNNE 23°343 m10.6 mi
Shackley HillW 274°341 m11.5 mi
Moose HillNW 315°339 m7.5 mi
Cow HillWNW 295°322 m11.5 mi
Vienna MountainN 5°313 m10.3 mi
Hoyt HillN 8°311 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1418:52
June solstice04:5619:4420:29
September equinox06:2818:0118:40
December solstice07:1415:1616:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415362686658463524
Precip in3.43.13.74.13.44.53.93.83.55.24.34.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Falls 1 E, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1362770361

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