Nature reserve · Maine
Peaks Island Land Preserve
Peaks Island Land Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates43.66816, -70.18558
- 20.7 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Ballfield: 0.5 mi
- Trott-Littlejohn Park: 0.6 mi
- Fowler's Beach: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Point: 1.3 mi
- Bug Light Park: 2.6 mi
Peaks
- Hunger Hill: 1.2 mi
- Farm Hill: 1.9 mi
- Rohrs Hill: 3.1 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 3.6 mi
- Graves Hill: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
- Battery Abbot: 1.6 mi
- Fort Scammell: 1.8 mi
- Fort Gorges: 1.8 mi
- Fort Levett: 1.9 mi
- Battery Bowdoin: 2.1 mi
Gardens
- Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 57
- Centennial Beach: 0.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 1.3 mi
- West Shore Sandy Beach: 1.3 mi
- Lobster Pound Beach: 1.6 mi
- Sunset Beach: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 47
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 3.1 mi
- Portland Observatory: 3.1 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 3.4 mi
- Elks Club: 6.7 mi
- Ampitheater: 7.4 mi
Museums: 38
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 1.0 mi
- Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: 1.1 mi
- Fort McKinley Museum: 1.1 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 2.7 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 3.0 mi
Artworks: 32
- The Armillary: 3.3 mi
- Triangles At Work: 3.9 mi
- Seven: 4.0 mi
- Cloud Couch: 4.2 mi
- Duck House: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
- White Head Cliff: 1.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 1.7 mi
- Cod Ledges: 2.2 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 2.3 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 7.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Bug Light: 2.6 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 24.5 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Presumpscot Falls: 5.6 mi
- First Falls: 9.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Peaks Island Land Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NW 322° | 178 m | 13.6 mi |
| Hunt Hill | NNW 331° | 153 m | 14.6 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 313° | 151 m | 9.2 mi |
| Baker Mountain | NW 319° | 149 m | 14.7 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 307° | 145 m | 9.2 mi |
| Libby Hill | NW 316° | 144 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bruce Hill | NNW 339° | 136 m | 11.6 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NW 320° | 133 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:20 | 16:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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