West Penjajawoc Grasslands
West Penjajawoc Grasslands is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bangor Land Trust
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Prentiss Woods: 1.7 mi
- Essex Street Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Stillwater Park: 2.4 mi
- Bangor Gardens Park: 2.4 mi
- Garden Plots: 2.7 mi
- Buck Hill: 2.7 mi
- Kelley Hill: 3.0 mi
- Newman Hill: 4.1 mi
- Bangor Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bangor Hill: 4.3 mi
- Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Orono Bog Boardwalk: 2.3 mi
- Buck Hill Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- McPhetres Farm Forest: 2.8 mi
- Davis Forest: 2.8 mi
- Pollinators: 3.3 mi
- One Native Lupine: 3.4 mi
- The Good of the Hive: 3.5 mi
- Kenduskeag Stream Trail Mural: 3.6 mi
- Bangor Wants You: 3.6 mi
- Godfrey House Museum: 2.9 mi
- Hose 5 Fire Museum: 3.4 mi
- Zillman Art Museum: 3.6 mi
- Isaac Farrar Mansion Museum: 3.8 mi
- Police Museum: 4.0 mi
- Peirce Memorial Statue: 3.5 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 4.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 5.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 6.8 mi
- Bangor Mall Cinemas 10: 1.9 mi
- "IT" Movie Manhole Cover: 3.5 mi
- Maine Discovery Museum: 3.8 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 3.8 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 3.8 mi
- Rider Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Parks Pond Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Fletcher Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Carter Bluff: 22.2 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 3.7 mi
- Children's Garden: 4.3 mi
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 5.3 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 8.4 mi
- Indian Island Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Dunn Beach: 20.3 mi
- Otis Beach: 20.6 mi
- Jesse Beach: 22.5 mi
- Hales Beach: 23.3 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 24.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.0 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 18.7 mi
- Monroe Falls: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of West Penjajawoc Grasslands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Mountain | E 97° | 350 m | 14.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 150° | 342 m | 15.6 mi |
| Big Hill | SE 137° | 338 m | 14.7 mi |
| Blackcap | SE 125° | 312 m | 12.0 mi |
| Jellison Hill | E 99° | 284 m | 17.2 mi |
| Chick Hill | E 94° | 271 m | 14.7 mi |
| Little Peaked Mountain | E 97° | 260 m | 14.3 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | SSE 155° | 258 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:40 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1175223861
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