Nature reserve · Maine
Neptune Woods
Neptune Woods is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildwood Field, a park 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.89309, -69.91816
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Wildwood Field: 0.6 mi
- Merrymeeting Park: 1.3 mi
- Hambleton Avenue Playground: 1.8 mi
- Chamberlain Avenue Esplanade: 2.0 mi
- Lishness Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Woodward Cove: 1.0 mi
- Woodward Point Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Kate Furbish Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Town Commons: 1.8 mi
- Cow Island: 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Buttermilk Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Orrs Hill: 2.9 mi
- Rich Hill: 2.9 mi
- Great Hill: 3.2 mi
- Misery Hill: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
- Monument E: 2.1 mi
- Sidney J. Watson: 2.2 mi
- Benjamin Orr: 2.3 mi
- Charles J. Gilman: 2.3 mi
- Robert P. Dunlap: 2.3 mi
Gardens
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 2.2 mi
- Coffin Street Garden: 2.3 mi
- Senior Garden: 2.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Pumpkin Garden: 3.1 mi
Attractions
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 2.5 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 3.1 mi
- Cripps Creek Disc Golf Course: 3.5 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 9.5 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 9.6 mi
Museums: 49
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 0.6 mi
- Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: 2.3 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: 2.6 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 46
- Thomas Point Beach: 1.4 mi
- Coffin Pond: 4.1 mi
- Sea Cove Beach: 10.3 mi
- Spring Beach: 11.4 mi
- Popham Beach: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 42
- Scenting the Wind: 2.1 mi
- The Lineman: 2.2 mi
- Time Out: 2.2 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 2.4 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 2.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Hockomock Head: 8.1 mi
- Morse Point: 12.5 mi
- The Bluff: 18.0 mi
- White Head Cliff: 21.8 mi
- The Cliffs: 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 6.1 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 6.1 mi
- Bug Light: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 14.5 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Neptune Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Mountain | W 273° | 143 m | 13.2 mi |
| Tate Hill | NNW 332° | 109 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | WNW 295° | 108 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bibber Hill | W 276° | 105 m | 12.9 mi |
| Wheeler Hill | NNW 348° | 89 m | 9.4 mi |
| Oak Hill | W 277° | 85 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | W 260° | 85 m | 10.6 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | SE 143° | 81 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:18 | 16:05 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick NAS, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/940696252
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