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Square Lake Public Reserved Land

Square Lake Public Reserved Land from directly overhead

Square Lake Public Reserved Land is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. McLean Mountain stands 598 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is New Canada Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 7.9 miles away. ST JOHN VALLEY CULTURAL BYWAY passes 7.2 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.07205, -68.34462

113 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Frederick and Merrita Anderson Memorial Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
  • Black Lake Boat Access: 11.1 mi
  • Eagle Lake Boat Access: 11.1 mi
  • Birch Point Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Town Recreation Park: 12.0 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Pennington Mountain: 10.2 mi
  • Fogelin Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Stockholm Mountain: 11.1 mi
  • Jacobson Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Cold Mountain: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 12
  • New Canada Public Reserved Land: 7.9 mi
  • New Sweden West Public Reserved Land: 10.8 mi
  • Perham Bog Preserve: 11.8 mi
  • Cyr Plantation Public Reserved Land: 13.8 mi
  • Saint John Plantation South Public Reserved Land: 17.7 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Fish River Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Rocky Brook Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Red River Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Fish River Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Red River Falls: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Soldier Pond Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Hedgehog Mountain Rest Area: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Native Village: 20.2 mi
  • Wagon du queue: 20.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Maine Tribute Moose: 20.3 mi
  • National Chicken Capital: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Van Buren Community Gardem: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Square Lake Public Reserved Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McLean MountainW 278°598 m24.1 mi
Pennington MountainSW 227°526 m10.2 mi
Hedgehog MountainSW 223°459 m13.2 mi
Bossy MountainWNW 300°436 m19.2 mi
Pinette HillNW 309°381 m16.1 mi
Moose MountainS 190°379 m14.9 mi
Lanigan MountainSSW 194°363 m20.1 mi
Michaud HillWNW 292°356 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:46
June solstice04:3919:4520:33
September equinox06:2117:5318:33
December solstice07:1714:5515:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111425385261666556443219
Precip in1.50.91.52.43.14.23.93.83.53.52.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frenchville Nthrn Aroostook AP, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1372421301

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