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Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park

Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park from directly overhead

Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rachel's Cove, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.82221, -70.08761

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Organic Vegetable Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Organic Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • FCS Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street): 2.7 mi
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 4.0 mi
Parks
  • Sandy Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Porter's Landing: 1.5 mi
  • Winslow Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Leon Gorman Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 2.6 mi
  • LL Bean Boot: 2.6 mi
  • Big Indian: 2.9 mi
  • Desert of Maine: 4.3 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Sandy Point Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Sea Cove Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Chandler Cove Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Coffin Pond: 8.4 mi
  • Kennedy Beach: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 47
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 5.7 mi
  • Frog Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Labyrinth in the Woods: 7.3 mi
  • Lobstermans Statue: 8.4 mi
  • Time Out: 8.5 mi
Museums: 46
Cliffs: 9
  • White Head Cliff: 13.2 mi
  • The Cliffs: 13.3 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 13.9 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 14.1 mi
  • Morse Point: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillW 270°178 m13.3 mi
Dutton HillW 278°175 m12.8 mi
Hunt HillW 280°153 m12.2 mi
Blackstrap HillWSW 250°151 m12.4 mi
Leighton HillWSW 247°145 m13.2 mi
Bradbury MountainNW 320°143 m7.3 mi
Bruce HillW 271°136 m9.0 mi
Poplar RidgeW 262°133 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4320:27
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:1916:06

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, 9 mi away.

  • pink lady's slipper81 obs
  • European Green Crab64 obs
  • Common Periwinkle62 obs
  • bluebead lily56 obs
  • Ghost Pipe52 obs
  • Knotted Wrack49 obs
  • Osprey49 obs
  • Canadian bunchberry44 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/142811955

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