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Moses Woodman Preserve

Moses Woodman Preserve from directly overhead

Moses Woodman Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Abbott Mountain stands 324 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is TimberRidge Farm, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Saco Valley Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.56423, -70.54323

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pleasant Point Park: 1.8 mi
  • Town Farm Park: 3.6 mi
  • Rotary Park: 5.6 mi
  • Diamond Riverside Park: 6.1 mi
  • Memorial Park (Mayfield): 6.4 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Mariner's Circle: 6.4 mi
  • Memorial Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • World War Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • World War Memorial: 9.0 mi
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 10.1 mi
  • common space: 14.4 mi
  • Plot 45: 14.4 mi
  • Plot 55: 14.4 mi
  • Plot 37: 14.4 mi
Museums: 36
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 12
  • Elks Club: 12.8 mi
  • Ampitheater: 12.9 mi
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 15.7 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 15.9 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Slackcrack: 7.2 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 14.4 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 17.8 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 18.0 mi
  • The Cliffs: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 7.0 mi
  • Steep Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Orris Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Hiram Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Davis Spring: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Moses Woodman Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Abbott MountainW 279°324 m14.7 mi
Ossipee HillW 280°312 m10.0 mi
Hussey MountainW 274°274 m14.0 mi
Libby MountainNW 323°247 m15.1 mi
Beaver HillWSW 243°192 m13.5 mi
Ross MountainWNW 282°184 m14.0 mi
Maloy MountainNW 320°182 m12.0 mi
Yeaton HillWSW 244°181 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:55
June solstice05:0219:4420:28
September equinox06:3018:0418:42
December solstice07:1315:2216:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130425363686758463625
Precip in3.63.64.64.93.94.54.13.84.05.74.54.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hollis, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1298900940

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