Nature reserve · Maine
Mount Waldo Preserve
Mount Waldo Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the northeast, 0.4 miles off. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 28 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.57591, -68.90061
- 28.3 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Waldo: 0.4 mi
- Mack Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Delaware Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mosquito Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Dutch Mountain: 1.9 mi
Parks
- Mount Waldo Quarry: 1.6 mi
- Mendall Marsh Park: 2.0 mi
- Veterans’ Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
- Swan Lake State Park: 3.9 mi
- Battery A: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Penobscot Shore Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Long Cove Headwaters Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Blueberry Hill: 7.5 mi
- Mill Brook Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Verona Island Water Access: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandy Point Beach: 6.6 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 13.1 mi
- Spragues Beach: 13.7 mi
- MMA Beach: 14.0 mi
- Big Tree Beach: 17.3 mi
Museums: 25
- Winterport Historical Association: 4.9 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
- Belfast Historical Society: 11.6 mi
- Castine Historical Society: 13.7 mi
- Wilson Museum: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 15
- The Whale: 5.2 mi
- Before The Wind: 5.2 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 15.9 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 16.3 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Sears Island Ledge: 10.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 13.4 mi
- The Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Rider Bluff: 15.8 mi
- The Bluffs: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Fort Knox: 4.9 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 5.5 mi
- Fort Pownall: 8.6 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 9
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 14.1 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 15.9 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 16.2 mi
- Dome home: 16.4 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 16.6 mi
Gardens: 7
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 16.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 16.3 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 16.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 19.3 mi
- Dye Garden: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Monroe Falls: 7.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.4 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Mount Waldo Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Waldo | NE 36° | 320 m | 0.4 mi |
| Kings Mountain | NE 47° | 256 m | 9.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 263° | 248 m | 7.4 mi |
| Houstus Hill | W 260° | 242 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mason Hill | W 277° | 227 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Ephraim | SW 216° | 226 m | 4.5 mi |
| Jacob Buck Mountain | NE 55° | 215 m | 8.5 mi |
| Thurlow Hill | NW 306° | 213 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:11 | 15:59 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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