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Vaughan Woods State Park

Vaughan Woods State Park from directly overhead

Vaughan Woods State Park is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 38 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the east, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton House, a museum 0.5 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 9.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
38 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.20704, -70.81560
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • William A. Bray Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Counting House Park: 1.4 mi
  • Gold Star Park: 1.6 mi
  • Morton Park: 1.9 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Beaches: 45
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 16
Attractions: 16
  • Spring Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Wagon: 6.1 mi
  • Take Flight: 7.7 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 9.1 mi
  • Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 3.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 3.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 3.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 3.7 mi
  • Dover Bluff: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hayes Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Orris Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Second Falls: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 8.0 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 11.9 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 12.1 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 18.8 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 19.0 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Vaughan Woods State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AgamenticusE 80°210 m6.3 mi
Second HillENE 76°167 m6.9 mi
Third HillENE 75°159 m7.6 mi
Diamond HillN 358°148 m7.9 mi
Gonic HillNW 309°136 m8.0 mi
Haven HillNW 311°129 m8.3 mi
Pine HillNNW 339°123 m6.1 mi
Horse HillsE 87°118 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0419:4420:27
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1315:2516:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706961503930
Precip in3.43.54.44.23.84.33.83.43.94.83.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 N, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage45 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum15 obs
  • partridgeberry15 obs
  • Canada mayflower14 obs
  • sweetfern13 obs
  • coastal plain Joe-Pye weed13 obs
  • pink lady's slipper12 obs
  • dame's rocket12 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/743239092

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