Nature reserve · Maine
Stover Preserve
Stover Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Frye Mountain stands 342 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pendleton Park, a park 1.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coastal Mountains Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.44621, -69.04997
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Pendleton Park: 1.1 mi
- Sportsman's Park: 1.4 mi
- Wales Park: 2.4 mi
- Eleanor Crawford Park: 2.4 mi
- Kirby Lake: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Stephenson Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Meadow Brook Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Meadow Brook Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Meadow Brook Preserve: 3.5 mi
- McClellan-Poor Preserve: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Park Hill: 2.7 mi
- Quarry Hill: 4.0 mi
- Coon Hill: 5.0 mi
- Patterson Hill: 5.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 35
- Spragues Beach: 9.4 mi
- Cals Beach: 9.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 10.5 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 10.7 mi
- Wales Beach: 10.7 mi
Museums: 29
- Belfast Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Indian basket: 10.5 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 11.9 mi
- Islesboro sailors memorial: 12.5 mi
- Wilson Museum: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Sears Island Ledge: 8.0 mi
- The Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 9.7 mi
- Hogback Ledge: 10.7 mi
- Spruce Head: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Fort Pownall: 11.8 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 13.0 mi
- Fort Knox: 14.7 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 15.5 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 8
- The Whale: 15.3 mi
- Before The Wind: 15.3 mi
- Unity Stones: 17.6 mi
- Andre the Seal: 18.0 mi
- Puffin Wall: 23.7 mi
Attractions: 5
- Dome home: 9.6 mi
- Three Town Monument Stone: 19.5 mi
- Giant Pines: 19.8 mi
- Thurston Cellar Hole: 20.0 mi
- Chamberlain Cellar Hole: 20.0 mi
Gardens: 4
- Tanglewood Garden: 10.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 15.5 mi
- Dye Garden: 15.5 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Monroe Falls: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Stover Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frye Mountain | WNW 284° | 342 m | 8.5 mi |
| Spears Mountain | WNW 286° | 336 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 275° | 327 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Waldo | NE 39° | 320 m | 12.0 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | SSW 205° | 317 m | 9.0 mi |
| Aborn Hill | NW 306° | 304 m | 9.0 mi |
| Moody Mountain | SSW 207° | 284 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pierce Hill | W 277° | 262 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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