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Rachel's Cove

Rachel's Cove from directly overhead

Rachel's Cove is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Freeport Conservation Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates43.82048, -70.09421
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sandy Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Winslow Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Porter's Landing: 1.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Leon Gorman Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Organic Vegetable Fields: 1.1 mi
  • Organic Gardens: 1.2 mi
  • FCS Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street): 2.7 mi
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Big Indian: 2.5 mi
  • "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 2.6 mi
  • LL Bean Boot: 2.6 mi
  • Desert of Maine: 4.1 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 60
  • Sandy Point Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Chandler Cove Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Sea Cove Beach: 7.3 mi
  • East End Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Kennedy Beach: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 47
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 5.3 mi
  • Frog Rock: 7.4 mi
  • Labyrinth in the Woods: 7.6 mi
  • Lobstermans Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Time Out: 8.8 mi
Museums: 45
Cliffs: 9
  • White Head Cliff: 13.0 mi
  • The Cliffs: 13.1 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 13.6 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 13.8 mi
  • Morse Point: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • First Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Rachel's Cove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillW 271°178 m13.0 mi
Dutton HillW 279°175 m12.5 mi
Hunt HillW 281°153 m11.9 mi
Blackstrap HillWSW 250°151 m12.1 mi
Leighton HillWSW 247°145 m12.9 mi
Bradbury MountainNW 322°143 m7.2 mi
Bruce HillW 272°136 m8.7 mi
Poplar RidgeW 262°133 m12.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4320:27
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:1916:06

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1348253028

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