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Tuckahoe Preserve

Tuckahoe Preserve from directly overhead

Tuckahoe Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Blue Job Mountain stands 412 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Donahue Tract, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 7.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Great Works Regional Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.31565, -70.90946
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Rochester Common: 3.3 mi
  • John Shaw Park: 3.4 mi
  • Blair Park: 3.6 mi
  • Duval Park: 3.7 mi
  • Memorial Field: 3.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 7.6 mi
  • Roundhouse: 9.5 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 11.1 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 11.4 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 50
Artworks: 22
  • Sherwood Cairn Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Snake Eyes: 9.0 mi
  • Fairy Village: 10.7 mi
  • A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 12.2 mi
  • Wildcat Statue: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 16
Attractions: 16
  • Spring Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 12.5 mi
  • Wagon: 13.0 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 13.9 mi
  • Take Flight: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Orris Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.4 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.5 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.5 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.5 mi
  • Bald Head Cliff: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 12.7 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 19.0 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 19.0 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 19.1 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Tuckahoe Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue Job MountainW 276°412 m10.4 mi
Little Blue JobW 278°377 m10.5 mi
Hussey MountainWNW 285°350 m9.2 mi
Mack MountainW 271°321 m10.8 mi
Chesley MountainWNW 287°306 m8.5 mi
Nubble MountainWNW 283°302 m10.0 mi
Teneriffe MountainNNW 328°300 m10.0 mi
Middle PeakNE 50°263 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0419:4520:28
September equinox06:3218:0518:43
December solstice07:1415:2516:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465666716962503930
Precip in2.52.23.73.73.53.93.53.23.44.43.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Skyhaven AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1211677141

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