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Mount Tom Preserve

Mount Tom Preserve from directly overhead

Mount Tom Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Black Cap stands 718 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tom, a peak 0.3 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.0 miles off.

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What to expect

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The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

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Coordinates44.03780, -70.91144

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Graustein Park: 3.0 mi
  • Fryeburg Fairgrounds: 3.0 mi
  • Robert E. Peary Park: 3.5 mi
  • Eastman Memorial Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Bradley Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 2.0 mi
  • Denmark Town Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Burnt Meadow Pond Town Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 26
Waterfalls: 23
  • Kezar Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Diana's Baths: 13.1 mi
  • Hiram Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Chandler Gorge: 14.9 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Bridgton Higlands Country Club: 9.7 mi
  • Giant Swing: 9.9 mi
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 9.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Lakeside Grange #63: 12.5 mi
Museums: 11
Picnic sites: 6
Springs: 4
  • Deer Hill Spring: 13.7 mi
  • lower falls: 16.7 mi
  • Davis Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary's Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 10.2 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Hannes Schneider: 10.0 mi
  • Loon Mural: 10.1 mi
  • Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mount Tom Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black CapW 279°718 m7.8 mi
Hurricane MountainWNW 287°639 m8.4 mi
Pleasant MountainE 99°611 m4.5 mi
Pleasant Mountain - Big Bald PeakE 88°587.1 m4.6 mi
Pleasant Mountain - North PeakE 84°579.6 m4.5 mi
Major MountainNW 319°555 m9.1 mi
Middle MountainW 269°549 m8.7 mi
Robbins RidgeNW 321°539 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0119:4720:31
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1615:2116:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131435564696759473625
Precip in3.42.93.64.53.74.13.93.64.04.74.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fryeburg Estrn Slopes Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1043265962

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