Nature reserve · Maine
Smelt Brook Preserve
Smelt Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north-northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Near Point Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 6.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- York Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.17212, -70.72942
- 6.6 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Independence Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 26.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Near Point Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Highland Farm Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Kittery Water District Lands: 1.1 mi
- McIntire Highlands Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Kittery Water District Lands: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Frost Hill: 1.2 mi
- Cutts Ridge: 2.2 mi
- Horse Hills: 2.4 mi
- Third Hill: 2.5 mi
- Swasey Hill: 2.5 mi
Parks
- Bog Road Fields and Benjamin Park Playground: 2.7 mi
- Goodrich Park: 2.8 mi
- Hammond Park: 4.5 mi
- Dixon Road Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Brooks Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
- Roundhouse: 4.0 mi
- Abandoned pier: 5.8 mi
- Sailors and Soldiers Monument: 6.1 mi
- Grave of William Pepperrell: 6.2 mi
- USS Grayling Memorial: 6.3 mi
Museums: 60
- Raitt Homestead Farm Museum: 4.1 mi
- Elizabeth Perkins House Museum: 4.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum: 4.3 mi
- Emerson-Wilcox House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Old Gaol Museum: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 43
- Harbor Beach: 5.3 mi
- Long Sands: 5.7 mi
- Short Sands Beach: 6.2 mi
- Cape Neddick Beach: 6.5 mi
- Seapoint Beach: 6.7 mi
Artworks: 22
- Big Easy Chair: 6.0 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 6.6 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 6.6 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 6.8 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 17
- South Berwick Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 6.7 mi
- Community Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Victory Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 14
- Take Flight: 3.2 mi
- Spring Hill: 6.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 6.6 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- Wagon: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Dover Bluff: 6.3 mi
- York Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.0 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.0 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Orris Falls: 7.2 mi
- Hayes Falls: 9.2 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 9.4 mi
- Second Falls: 11.9 mi
- Packer's Falls: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Birthday Bay: 9.8 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 10.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 12.2 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 12.3 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 7.0 mi
- Oil House: 7.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 7.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 17.5 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 17.7 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Springs: 2
- Two Sisters Spring: 13.7 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Smelt Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agamenticus | NNE 28° | 210 m | 4.0 mi |
| Second Hill | NNE 30° | 167 m | 4.7 mi |
| Third Hill | NE 34° | 159 m | 5.3 mi |
| Horse Hills | NNE 28° | 118 m | 3.0 mi |
| Welch Hill | N 8° | 108 m | 8.1 mi |
| Third Hill | W 274° | 104 m | 2.5 mi |
| Norman Hill | NNE 13° | 103 m | 4.9 mi |
| Brown Hill | N 6° | 102 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:25 | 16:11 |
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 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Neddick, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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