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Stover’s Point Preserve

Stover’s Point Preserve from directly overhead

Stover’s Point Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sea Cove Beach, a beach 0.9 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Harpswell Heritage Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.75709, -69.99981

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Houghton Graves Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mitchell Field: 1.6 mi
  • Mackerel Cove Lot: 1.8 mi
  • Municipal Hiking Trail Parking Lot: 5.3 mi
  • Trufant-Summerton Ballfield: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Organic Vegetable Fields: 6.0 mi
  • Organic Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • Floratorium: 6.9 mi
  • FCS Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street): 8.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Schooner Windfall: 6.4 mi
  • Jewell Island Military Reservation: 7.4 mi
  • Old Farmhouse Foundation: 8.5 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 8.5 mi
  • Eartha: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 59
  • Thunderhole: 2.4 mi
  • Big Indian: 8.4 mi
  • "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 8.6 mi
  • LL Bean Boot: 8.7 mi
  • Desert of Maine: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 53
  • Sea Cove Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Kennedy Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Suprise Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Chandler Cove Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Sandy Point Beach: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 47
Museums: 41
Cliffs: 7
  • Morse Point: 10.3 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 12.2 mi
  • The Cliffs: 12.4 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 12.9 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 13.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Stover’s Point Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradbury MountainNW 318°143 m13.6 mi
Walnut HillWNW 293°129 m14.1 mi
Cox PinnacleNNW 346°108 m13.2 mi
Marston HillNW 310°108 m14.0 mi
Bibber HillNW 321°105 m13.9 mi
Hedgehog MountainNW 320°85 m9.8 mi
Oak HillN 350°85 m10.3 mi
Fuller MountainENE 64°81 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1418:52
June solstice04:5919:4220:26
September equinox06:2818:0118:39
December solstice07:1115:1916:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332435463696860493828
Precip in3.53.54.14.34.14.23.53.34.26.05.24.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick NAS, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1348635589

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