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Mèmak Preserve

Mèmak Preserve from directly overhead

Mèmak Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Tarkiln Hill stands 197 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Brook Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Royal River Conservation Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.84873, -70.26082

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Deer Brook Conservation Easement: 0.3 mi
  • Country Creek Road Conservation Easeme: 0.8 mi
  • Oak Hill Conservation Easement: 0.9 mi
  • North Yarmouth Town Land: 1.1 mi
  • Water Supply Land: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Sam Ristich Trail: 1.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Village Green: 1.4 mi
  • Wescustogo Park: 1.5 mi
  • Old Town House Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches: 53
  • Wilkies Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Sandy Point Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Chandler Cove Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Raymond Beach: 11.2 mi
  • East End Beach: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Cumberland Farmers Club: 2.9 mi
  • Pineland Farms Corn Maize: 4.6 mi
  • Desert of Maine: 5.2 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 5.4 mi
  • Big Indian: 6.2 mi
Museums: 40
Artworks: 32
Cliffs: 8
  • Fryes Leap: 12.9 mi
  • Pismire Bluff: 13.2 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 14.4 mi
  • The Cliffs: 14.5 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • First Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Steep Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 22.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Davis Spring: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Mèmak Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tarkiln HillWNW 300°197 m9.8 mi
Atherton HillWSW 249°178 m5.0 mi
Dutton HillW 270°175 m4.0 mi
Adams HillWNW 289°174 m6.9 mi
Mount HungerWNW 282°158 m9.1 mi
Hunt HillW 274°153 m3.4 mi
Blackstrap HillSSW 206°151 m6.9 mi
Little HillNNW 340°151 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice05:0019:4420:28
September equinox06:2918:0218:40
December solstice07:1315:2016:07

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/981866879

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