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Upper Coombs Island

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Upper Coombs Island from directly overhead

Upper Coombs Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Tate Hill stands 109 m to the north-northwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodward Point Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.86594, -69.90423

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Orrs Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Misery Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Rich Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Cranberryhorn Hill: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Wildwood Field: 2.2 mi
  • Merrymeeting Park: 3.3 mi
  • Sawyer Park: 3.3 mi
  • Hambleton Avenue Playground: 3.3 mi
  • Trufant-Summerton Ballfield: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Museums: 50
Beaches: 46
Artworks: 42
  • Time Out: 3.8 mi
  • Scenting the Wind: 3.9 mi
  • The Lineman: 3.9 mi
  • Polar Bear Statue: 4.1 mi
  • Joshua L. Chamberlain: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Upper Coombs Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tate HillNNW 333°109 m10.0 mi
Cox PinnacleNW 304°108 m9.5 mi
Wheeler HillNNW 346°89 m11.3 mi
Oak HillWNW 291°85 m7.1 mi
Hedgehog MountainW 270°85 m11.1 mi
Fuller MountainSE 137°81 m4.9 mi
Bald RockWNW 294°81 m8.7 mi
Higgins MountainESE 116°79 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1418:52
June solstice04:5819:4220:26
September equinox06:2718:0118:39
December solstice07:1115:1816:05

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/827748495

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