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Mill Pond Preserve

Mill Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Mill Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Tate Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Flying Point Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy

How to reach it

Coordinates43.87891, -69.76511

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sewell Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Hall Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Knubble: 2.2 mi
  • Tyler Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Gilmore Hill: 2.4 mi
Parks
Historic sites: 35
Museums: 34
Beaches: 33
  • Cole Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Hendricks Head Beach: 5.4 mi
  • South Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Thomas Point Beach: 6.4 mi
  • East Beach: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 29
  • Vayo Meditation Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Haney Hillside Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Arbor Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Restaurant Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 22
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 1
  • First Falls: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Mill Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tate HillNW 305°109 m14.0 mi
Call HillN 7°105 m14.4 mi
Wheeler HillNW 316°89 m14.0 mi
Kenniston HillE 87°87 m7.2 mi
Oak HillW 277°85 m13.6 mi
Mount HungerNE 50°83 m10.2 mi
Fuller MountainSW 219°81 m5.7 mi
Higgins MountainS 177°79 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1318:51
June solstice04:5719:4220:26
September equinox06:2718:0018:38
December solstice07:1115:1816:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532435362686760504029
Precip in4.43.94.94.33.64.43.73.24.35.24.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westport Island, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1352447021

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