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Pleasant Pond Floodplain Forest

Pleasant Pond Floodplain Forest from directly overhead

Pleasant Pond Floodplain Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Black Cap stands 718 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.0 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.00858, -70.90356

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Graustein Park: 3.5 mi
  • Eastman Memorial Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Fryeburg Fairgrounds: 3.8 mi
  • Robert E. Peary Park: 3.8 mi
  • Brownfield Bridge Canoe Access: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 29
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 3.9 mi
  • Denmark Town Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Burnt Meadow Pond Town Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 27
Cliffs: 26
Attractions: 23
  • Bridgton Higlands Country Club: 10.2 mi
  • Giant Swing: 10.7 mi
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Lakeside Grange #63: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 17
Museums: 11
Gardens: 4
  • Mary's Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 10.2 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 23.9 mi
  • Pollinator's Garden: 24.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Davis Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 15.7 mi
  • lower falls: 17.0 mi
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Loon Mural: 10.2 mi
  • Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 10.5 mi
  • Hannes Schneider: 10.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 6.2 mi
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Pleasant Pond Floodplain Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black CapWNW 292°718 m8.8 mi
Hurricane MountainWNW 298°639 m9.5 mi
Pleasant MountainENE 73°611 m4.2 mi
Pleasant Mountain - Big Bald PeakENE 63°587.1 m4.8 mi
Pleasant Mountain - North PeakENE 59°579.6 m4.7 mi
Middle MountainWNW 282°549 m9.3 mi
Peaked MountainWNW 285°510 m9.6 mi
Stone MountainS 182°494 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0219:4720:31
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1615:2116:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131435564696759473625
Precip in3.42.93.64.53.74.13.93.64.04.74.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fryeburg Estrn Slopes Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1308454178

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