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Tidebrook Preserve

Tidebrook Preserve from directly overhead

Tidebrook Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Porter's Landing, a park 0.3 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Freeport Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.84103, -70.08983

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Porter's Landing: 0.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Leon Gorman Park: 1.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Discovery Park: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Organic Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • FCS Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Organic Vegetable Fields: 1.3 mi
  • Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street): 1.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 1.3 mi
  • LL Bean Boot: 1.4 mi
  • Big Indian: 3.2 mi
  • Desert of Maine: 3.5 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 59
Museums: 47
Artworks: 47
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 5.9 mi
  • Frog Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Labyrinth in the Woods: 6.6 mi
  • Time Out: 7.8 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • White Head Cliff: 14.4 mi
  • The Cliffs: 14.5 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 15.0 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 15.2 mi
  • Morse Point: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Tidebrook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillW 265°178 m13.3 mi
Dutton HillW 273°175 m12.6 mi
Hunt HillW 274°153 m11.9 mi
Blackstrap HillWSW 244°151 m12.8 mi
Gloucester HillNW 307°150 m12.8 mi
Bradbury MountainNW 313°143 m6.3 mi
Bruce HillW 263°136 m9.0 mi
Poplar RidgeWSW 256°133 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4320:27
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:1916:06

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/320141730

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