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Pisgah Hill Preserve (South)

Pisgah Hill Preserve (South) from directly overhead

Pisgah Hill Preserve (South) is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Black Cat Mountain stands 250 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pisgah Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Royal River Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.91525, -70.23749

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • The Grove: 1.1 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 3.4 mi
  • Wescustogo Park: 3.5 mi
  • New Gloucester Blockhouse: 3.8 mi
  • Runaround Pond Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Pownal Town Woodlot: 1.2 mi
  • Pownal Town Woodlot: 1.3 mi
  • North Yarmouth Open Space: 2.0 mi
  • Fieldstone Drive Conservation Easement: 2.1 mi
  • Old Harris Road Preserve: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 53
  • Pineland Farms Corn Maize: 0.9 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 3.1 mi
  • Coyote: 5.3 mi
  • Moose: 5.3 mi
  • Duck Display: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 44
  • Wilkies Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Sandy Point Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Range Pond Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Crescent Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Raymond Beach: 11.8 mi
Museums: 40
  • Warden Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Desert of Maine Farm Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Yarmouth Historical Society: 7.8 mi
  • Poland Spring Museum: 10.1 mi
  • The Butterfly & Insect Museum: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 32
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 7.4 mi
  • Frog Rock: 11.1 mi
  • Labyrinth in the Woods: 12.7 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 13.3 mi
  • Holy Trinty: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Pismire Bluff: 11.4 mi
  • Fryes Leap: 14.7 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 18.8 mi
  • The Cliffs: 18.9 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • First Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Steep Falls: 22.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Davis Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Pisgah Hill Preserve (South). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Cat MountainWNW 303°250 m11.1 mi
Raymond HillWNW 283°204 m10.2 mi
Ledge HillWNW 294°202 m9.5 mi
Tarkiln HillW 272°197 m9.6 mi
Shaker HillNW 314°187 m8.8 mi
Ricker HillNW 321°183 m9.7 mi
Atherton HillSW 222°178 m8.7 mi
Range HillNW 313°178 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4420:28
September equinox06:2918:0218:40
December solstice07:1315:1916:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533445464706961493928
Precip in3.53.34.04.43.64.73.73.84.35.44.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1341144417

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