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Pine Grove Preserve

Pine Grove Preserve from directly overhead

Pine Grove Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Village Park, a park 0.5 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
28 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.71498, -70.23044

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Village Park: 0.5 mi
  • Falmouth Legion Complex: 0.8 mi
  • Phillips Park: 1.2 mi
  • Walton Park: 1.7 mi
  • Mackworth Island State Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Gilsland Farm Audubon Center: 0.8 mi
  • Brickyard Point: 0.9 mi
  • Falmouth Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Berle Mill Pond: 1.2 mi
  • Ridgewood Preserve: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions: 50
  • Portland Observatory: 3.5 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 3.9 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 4.2 mi
  • Ampitheater: 5.9 mi
  • Elks Club: 6.1 mi
Museums: 39
Artworks: 32
Cliffs: 9
  • White Head Cliff: 5.2 mi
  • The Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 5.5 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 5.6 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Presumpscot Falls: 2.1 mi
  • First Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 14.8 mi
  • Steep Falls: 22.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Davis Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Pine Grove Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillNW 320°178 m9.7 mi
Dutton HillNNW 329°175 m10.8 mi
Hunt HillNNW 333°153 m10.7 mi
Blackstrap HillNW 304°151 m5.4 mi
Baker MountainNW 316°149 m10.8 mi
Leighton HillWNW 294°145 m5.6 mi
Libby HillNW 311°144 m9.0 mi
Bruce HillNNW 346°136 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice05:0019:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:2016:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 6 mi away.

  • Wild Turkey146 obs
  • staghorn sumac63 obs
  • Song Sparrow61 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk54 obs
  • sensitive fern54 obs
  • Groundhog49 obs
  • wild geranium48 obs
  • common jewelweed46 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/461987992

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