Nature reserve · Maine
Saunders Preserve
Saunders Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Blinn Hill stands 135 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Peat Bog, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Boothbay Region Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.90294, -69.60005
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Peat Bog: 0.7 mi
- Cross River Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Plummer Point Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Seal Cove Shore Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Zak Preserve: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Kenniston Hill: 1.6 mi
- Smith Hill: 2.2 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.8 mi
- High Head: 3.6 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 3.6 mi
Parks
- Clifford Park: 2.5 mi
- Boothbay Common: 2.5 mi
- Boothbay Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Shipbuilder's Park: 2.8 mi
- Lewis Park: 3.6 mi
Museums: 36
- Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum: 0.8 mi
- Antique Auto Museum: 1.0 mi
- The Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum: 2.7 mi
- Boothbay Region Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Bristol History Center: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 30
- Boothbay World War II Honor Role: 2.5 mi
- Boothbay Civil War Soldier Monument: 2.5 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.1 mi
- All Wars Monument: 3.7 mi
- Boothbay Harbor War Memorial: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 28
- Sand Cove Beach: 4.8 mi
- Grimes Cove Beach: 6.1 mi
- Sea Glass Beach: 6.4 mi
- Hotel Beach: 6.4 mi
- Indian Beach: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 25
- Goats: 1.0 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge History: 1.0 mi
- Antique Engine Display: 1.0 mi
- Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Restaurant Pavilion: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 16
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.7 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Sunken Garden: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Hockomock Head: 7.8 mi
- Morse Point: 15.1 mi
- The Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 17.4 mi
- Burnt Head: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 9.8 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 9.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Saunders Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blinn Hill | NNW 345° | 135 m | 15.7 mi |
| Palmer Hill | N 352° | 125 m | 16.5 mi |
| Hunt Hill | NNE 13° | 106 m | 13.4 mi |
| Call Hill | NNW 333° | 105 m | 14.2 mi |
| Cordwood Hill | NE 34° | 102 m | 16.0 mi |
| Johnston Hill | NE 48° | 92 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNE 15° | 89 m | 16.4 mi |
| Kenniston Hill | SW 218° | 87 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:41 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:17 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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