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Talking Brook Public Land

Talking Brook Public Land from directly overhead

Talking Brook Public Land is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Black Cat Mountain stands 250 m to the west, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Irving F. Thurston Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates43.97871, -70.23920

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rowe Station: 2.5 mi
  • New Gloucester Blockhouse: 2.6 mi
  • New Gloucester Fairgrounds: 3.3 mi
  • Runaround Pond Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Durham Boat Launch: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Bonney Park: 7.9 mi
  • Harold Libbey Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Anthony Fireplace: 9.8 mi
  • Miller Fireplace: 9.9 mi
  • Wood Memorial: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Pineland Farms Corn Maize: 4.5 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 6.2 mi
  • Moose: 6.2 mi
  • Duck Display: 6.3 mi
  • Coyote: 6.3 mi
Museums: 41
Beaches: 39
Artworks: 34
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 11.8 mi
  • Frog Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Labyrinth in the Woods: 13.9 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 14.1 mi
  • Holy Trinty: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Pismire Bluff: 10.3 mi
  • Fryes Leap: 16.4 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 23.1 mi
  • The Cliffs: 23.2 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • First Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Steep Falls: 24.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cooper Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Davis Spring: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Talking Brook Public Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Cat MountainW 280°250 m9.3 mi
Tenny HillW 277°225 m10.0 mi
White Oak HillWNW 299°205 m9.4 mi
Raymond HillWSW 258°204 m10.1 mi
Ledge HillW 266°202 m8.6 mi
Tarkiln HillWSW 247°197 m10.3 mi
Shaw HillNNW 340°195 m11.0 mi
Shaker HillWNW 286°187 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4420:28
September equinox06:2918:0218:40
December solstice07:1315:1916:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533445464706961493928
Precip in3.53.34.04.43.64.73.73.84.35.44.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/991578881

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