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Rocky Hills Preserve

Rocky Hills Preserve from directly overhead

Rocky Hills Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the east-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hills, a peak 0.3 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Great Works Regional Land Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates43.19750, -70.78753

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • William A. Bray Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Counting House Park: 2.3 mi
  • Gold Star Park: 2.8 mi
  • South Berwick Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 43
Artworks: 22
  • Sherwood Cairn Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Snake Eyes: 4.7 mi
  • Big Easy Chair: 7.9 mi
  • A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 8.1 mi
  • Wildcat Statue: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 17
Attractions: 15
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.9 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.9 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.0 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.0 mi
  • Dover Bluff: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hayes Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Orris Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Second Falls: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 8.7 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 11.2 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 12.0 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 18.3 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 18.6 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 22.1 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Rocky Hills Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AgamenticusENE 70°210 m5.1 mi
Second HillENE 66°167 m5.8 mi
Third HillENE 66°159 m6.5 mi
Pine HillNNW 330°123 m7.3 mi
Horse HillsENE 78°118 m4.5 mi
Welch HillNNE 32°108 m7.5 mi
Third HillSSE 166°104 m1.6 mi
Norman HillNE 53°103 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0419:4420:27
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1315:2516:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706961503930
Precip in3.43.54.44.23.84.33.83.43.94.83.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 N, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1211599871

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