Nature reserve · Maine
Otter Brook Preserve
Otter Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Municipal Hiking Trail Parking Lot, a park 0.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Harpswell Heritage Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.82955, -69.95492
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Municipal Hiking Trail Parking Lot: 0.3 mi
- Trufant-Summerton Ballfield: 1.8 mi
- Shulman Park: 4.3 mi
- Mitchell Field: 4.8 mi
- Hambleton Avenue Playground: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Doughty Point and Island Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Doughty Point and Island Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Cliff Trail: 1.2 mi
- Strawberry Creek Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Long Reach Preserve: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Fales Hill: 1.6 mi
- Long Reach Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Misery Hill: 2.2 mi
- Cranberryhorn Hill: 2.4 mi
- Orrs Hill: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
- Monument E: 3.8 mi
- Bowdoin War Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Bowdoin Civil War Monument: 5.4 mi
- Sidney J. Watson: 5.5 mi
- Benjamin Orr: 5.5 mi
Gardens
- Coffin Street Garden: 5.2 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 5.3 mi
- Saint Paul's Memorial Garden: 5.8 mi
- Organic Vegetable Fields: 5.9 mi
- Organic Gardens: 5.9 mi
Attractions
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 5.8 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 6.3 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 7.6 mi
- Thunderhole: 7.7 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 7.7 mi
Museums: 49
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 2.6 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 4.9 mi
- Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: 5.4 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: 5.6 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 47
- Thomas Point Beach: 5.5 mi
- Sea Cove Beach: 5.6 mi
- Coffin Pond: 6.6 mi
- Spring Beach: 8.3 mi
- Sand Dune Beach: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 45
- Labyrinth in the Woods: 4.9 mi
- Time Out: 5.1 mi
- Scenting the Wind: 5.4 mi
- The Lineman: 5.5 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Morse Point: 10.3 mi
- Hockomock Head: 11.0 mi
- White Head Cliff: 17.3 mi
- The Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Cod Ledges: 18.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 8.7 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 8.8 mi
- Bug Light: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 11.3 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Otter Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Mountain | WNW 294° | 143 m | 12.4 mi |
| Tryon Mountain | WNW 296° | 119 m | 13.2 mi |
| Tate Hill | N 350° | 109 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | NW 325° | 108 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bibber Hill | WNW 298° | 105 m | 12.5 mi |
| Wheeler Hill | N 359° | 89 m | 13.5 mi |
| Oak Hill | NW 322° | 85 m | 6.5 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | WNW 286° | 85 m | 8.9 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 | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:19 | 16:06 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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