Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site
Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Patrick Mountain stands 266 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pete Noyes Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pete Noyes Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.2 mi
- Round Top Farm: 0.3 mi
- Chapman Field & Forest: 0.8 mi
- Castner Brook Community Forest: 0.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 1.2 mi
- Newcastle Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Ice House Park: 1.6 mi
- Bragg Recreational Area: 3.8 mi
- Damariscotta Lake Access: 4.3 mi
- Hopkins Hill: 3.3 mi
- Hunt Hill: 3.7 mi
- Johnston Hill: 4.6 mi
- Haggett Hill: 5.8 mi
- Cordwood Hill: 5.9 mi
- Chapman-Hall House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Newcastle Historical Center: 1.3 mi
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum: 5.7 mi
- Center School: 5.9 mi
- Lincoln County Museum: 7.7 mi
- Arthur Noble Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Bristol War Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Fort Edgecomb: 7.9 mi
- Castle Tucker: 8.3 mi
- Fort William Henry: 11.4 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 1.3 mi
- The Barn: 8.0 mi
- La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 10.2 mi
- Goats: 11.1 mi
- Antique Engine Display: 11.1 mi
- Walker's Beach: 9.1 mi
- Sand Cove Beach: 14.1 mi
- Drift Inn Beach: 15.4 mi
- Grimes Cove Beach: 16.2 mi
- Sea Glass Beach: 16.9 mi
- Miller School Garden: 7.4 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.1 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 11.4 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 11.6 mi
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 13.9 mi
- The Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Hockomock Head: 15.7 mi
- Burnt Head: 21.9 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 22.0 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 17.8 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 17.9 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 15.6 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Mountain | NNE 13° | 266 m | 19.1 mi |
| Coggans Hill | NE 35° | 245 m | 17.5 mi |
| Barrett Hill | NE 46° | 208 m | 17.9 mi |
| Clarry Hill | NE 42° | 197 m | 14.2 mi |
| Meadow Mountain | ENE 58° | 187 m | 18.1 mi |
| Beech Hill | NW 324° | 165 m | 14.4 mi |
| Givens Hill | NNW 341° | 165 m | 17.6 mi |
| Crummett Mountain | N 6° | 157 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:41 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:16 | 16:03 |
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 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcastle, 1 mi away.
- Bobolink34 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab33 obs
- Monarch31 obs
- common milkweed29 obs
- spreading dogbane28 obs
- wild geranium26 obs
- American Herring Gull22 obs
- Alewife20 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1353489453
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