Nature reserve · Maine
Rockland Bog Overlook
Rockland Bog Overlook is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Benner Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Georges River Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.12703, -69.14684
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Benner Hill: 0.5 mi
- Dodge Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.4 mi
- Ingraham Hill: 3.5 mi
Parks
- Jaycee Park: 1.4 mi
- Johnson Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- McDougal Park: 1.8 mi
- Walter Butler Square: 1.9 mi
- Kiwanis Playground: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Sides Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Thomaston Town Forest: 3.1 mi
- Beech Hill Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Trolley Marsh Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Erickson Fields: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 44
- Sandy Beach: 2.9 mi
- Goodie's Beach: 5.4 mi
- Crockett's Beach: 5.8 mi
- Lucia Beach: 6.5 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 6.9 mi
Museums: 40
- Shore Village Lighthouse Museum Library: 2.3 mi
- Shore Village Museum: 2.3 mi
- Farnsworth Art Museum: 2.5 mi
- Farnsworth Art Museum: 2.5 mi
- Center for Maine Contemporary Art: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 9
- Prison Show Room: 4.1 mi
- The Wall: 4.1 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 20.3 mi
- The Barn: 21.2 mi
- La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Millerite Ledges: 9.2 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Spruce Head: 14.3 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 16.6 mi
- The Bluff: 18.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
- Cannon: 2.2 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 2.4 mi
- St. George Fisherman Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Arthur Noble Memorial: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 7
- Puffin Wall: 2.4 mi
- Seagull: 2.4 mi
- Lobster: 2.6 mi
- Sphere: 2.9 mi
- Andre the Seal: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 5
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 2.4 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 8.1 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 8.1 mi
- Miller School Garden: 11.9 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 7.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Vinal Falls: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Rockland Bog Overlook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | NNE 26° | 419 m | 8.8 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | N 358° | 390 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 4° | 384 m | 7.1 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | N 357° | 375 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | NNE 28° | 331 m | 11.0 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | N 351° | 330 m | 9.3 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | N 4° | 317 m | 14.0 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | NNW 339° | 313 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:14 | 16:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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