Nature reserve · Maine
Salt Marsh Cove Preserve
Salt Marsh Cove Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Blinn Hill stands 135 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bristol History Center, a museum 0.7 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.89492, -69.50851
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Hanna Landing: 1.0 mi
- Samoset Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park: 4.1 mi
- Shipbuilder's Park: 4.2 mi
- Ellingwood Park: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Lookout Hill: 1.6 mi
- Kenniston Hill: 5.6 mi
- Turkey Hill: 6.0 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 6.2 mi
- Smith Hill: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Crooked Farm Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Swanson Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Bracket Boyd Pond: 2.2 mi
- La Verna Preserve: 2.2 mi
- North Branch Preserve: 2.6 mi
Museums: 46
- Bristol History Center: 0.7 mi
- The Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum: 2.7 mi
- Fishermans Museum and Art Gallery: 4.0 mi
- Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum: 5.4 mi
- Antique Auto Museum: 5.6 mi
Artworks: 32
- Scouting Owl: 6.4 mi
- Meredith Tree: 6.5 mi
- Saint Mary: 6.6 mi
- Headwind: 6.6 mi
- My Story: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 30
- Fort William Henry: 1.4 mi
- Samoset Memorial: 1.6 mi
- All Wars Monument: 3.4 mi
- Bristol War Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 30
- Sand Cove Beach: 4.4 mi
- Grimes Cove Beach: 7.0 mi
- Sea Glass Beach: 8.2 mi
- Hotel Beach: 8.3 mi
- Indian Beach: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 24
- Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Sumaria Event Center: 1.6 mi
- La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 1.9 mi
- Goats: 5.6 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge History: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 15
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Sunken Garden: 10.8 mi
- Miller School Garden: 15.3 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 15.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Hockomock Head: 12.3 mi
- Burnt Head: 13.5 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 13.6 mi
- Morse Point: 18.1 mi
- The Bluff: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 14.3 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 14.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Salt Marsh Cove Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blinn Hill | NNW 332° | 135 m | 17.9 mi |
| Dyer Hill | N 352° | 125 m | 18.0 mi |
| Stahls Hill | NE 41° | 110 m | 17.2 mi |
| Eugley Hill | N 10° | 107 m | 17.3 mi |
| Hunt Hill | N 354° | 106 m | 13.7 mi |
| Call Hill | NW 320° | 105 m | 17.2 mi |
| Cordwood Hill | NNE 18° | 102 m | 14.5 mi |
| Willett Hill | NNE 28° | 101 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:41 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:16 | 16:04 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westport Island, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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