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Penobscot Community Forest at Wallamatogus Mountain

Penobscot Community Forest at Wallamatogus Mountain from directly overhead

Penobscot Community Forest at Wallamatogus Mountain is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallamatogus Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.48337, -68.74492

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Jim Henry Field: 0.9 mi
  • Sherm Perkins Park: 2.0 mi
  • Sandy Point Beach Park: 3.6 mi
  • Fort Point State Park: 3.8 mi
  • Colonel Peterson Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 42
Museums: 32
Cliffs: 15
Artworks: 14
  • Before The Wind: 6.6 mi
  • The Whale: 6.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.3 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 21.2 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 21.5 mi
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 17.6 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 20.6 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 21.1 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 21.9 mi
  • Bangor YMCA: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Ellsworth Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 22.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Tanglewood Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Children's Garden: 21.4 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lurvey Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 24.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Penobscot Community Forest at Wallamatogus Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WaldoNW 312°320 m10.0 mi
Great Pond MountainNNE 25°291 m9.0 mi
Blue Hill MountainESE 114°281 m8.4 mi
Flag HillNE 36°270 m10.3 mi
Kings MountainN 358°256 m13.0 mi
Flying Moose MountainNE 34°245 m10.8 mi
Dodge HillNNE 23°234 m12.3 mi
Mount EphraimWNW 285°226 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5119:3920:24
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:0915:1015:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1363873755

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