Pettigrew / Major
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Pettigrew / Major is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Nooney Farm, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kittery Land Trust
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Independence Byway
- 22.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 23.2 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nooney Farm: 0.3 mi
- Remick Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Kittery Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Andrews Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Kittery Town Forest: 1.3 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 0.5 mi
- Bolt Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cutts Ridge: 1.7 mi
- Marsh Hill: 2.5 mi
- Adlington Hill: 2.7 mi
- Kittery Historical and Naval Museum: 1.1 mi
- USS Albacore: 2.7 mi
- USS Albacore Museum: 2.7 mi
- Jackson House: 2.8 mi
- Moffatt-Ladd House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Rogers Park: 1.5 mi
- Brooks Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Emery Park: 2.0 mi
- Atlantic Height Playground: 2.1 mi
- Abandoned pier: 2.1 mi
- Sailors and Soldiers Monument: 2.3 mi
- USS Grayling Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Horse Chestnut: 2.8 mi
- Fishermen's Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Seapoint Beach: 4.7 mi
- Crescent Beach: 4.8 mi
- Harbor Beach: 5.5 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 6.3 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 6.7 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 2.2 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 2.8 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 2.8 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 3.0 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 3.3 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 2.9 mi
- Community Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Victory Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Pocket Garden: 2.9 mi
- Take Flight: 2.2 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 2.7 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 3.7 mi
- EDALHAB: 5.3 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 6.0 mi
- Dover Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.8 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.8 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.8 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.8 mi
- Hayes Falls: 10.0 mi
- Second Falls: 10.1 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 10.3 mi
- Packer's Falls: 10.4 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 10.5 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Birthday Bay: 5.9 mi
- Front Pavilion: 9.1 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 9.2 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 9.3 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 3.7 mi
- Oil House: 3.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 3.8 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 8.5 mi
- Front Range Light: 22.0 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 13.8 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.9 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 24.4 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 13.5 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 13.9 mi
- Lion's Spring: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Pettigrew / Major. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agamenticus | NNE 21° | 210 m | 7.8 mi |
| Second Hill | NNE 22° | 167 m | 8.5 mi |
| Third Hill | NNE 25° | 159 m | 9.0 mi |
| Horse Hills | NNE 20° | 118 m | 6.8 mi |
| Third Hill | NNW 337° | 104 m | 4.2 mi |
| Norman Hill | NNE 13° | 103 m | 8.7 mi |
| Horse Hills | NNE 17° | 98 m | 6.2 mi |
| Groundnut Hill | NE 37° | 93 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:25 | 16:11 |
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 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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