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Meadowbrook - Mill Stream Conservation Area

Meadowbrook - Mill Stream Conservation Area from directly overhead

Meadowbrook - Mill Stream Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Great Pond Mountain stands 291 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Head, a peak 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.38401, -68.70056

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Walker Pond Heritage Park: 2.7 mi
  • Holbrook Island Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
  • Castine Town Common: 4.8 mi
  • Battle Avenue Fields: 5.2 mi
  • Fort George State Park: 5.2 mi
Beaches
Museums: 33
Gardens: 22
  • Tanglewood Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 22.9 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Historic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 8
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Birch Spring: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Meadowbrook - Mill Stream Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Pond MountainN 6°291 m15.1 mi
Blue Hill MountainENE 58°281 m6.5 mi
Oak HillNNE 16°223 m14.8 mi
Beech HillWSW 258°205 m15.0 mi
Mason MountainN 5°183 m13.5 mi
Priest HillW 262°181 m14.6 mi
Fletcher HillNW 316°177 m11.8 mi
Mount TuckNNW 332°172 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5119:3920:23
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231425361676759483727
Precip in4.13.64.24.33.74.53.13.13.95.14.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1363964280

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