Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site
Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site is a park in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Beech Hill stands 165 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Edgecomb, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Clough Point Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Singing Meadows Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Cushman Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Griggs Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Piontkowski Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Sherman Park: 1.0 mi
- Wiscasset Community Park: 1.9 mi
- Wright Landing: 2.7 mi
- Sherman Lake Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Bird Playground: 4.6 mi
- Cushman Hill: 1.5 mi
- Haggett Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Hunger: 2.8 mi
- Doggett Castle: 3.3 mi
- High Head: 3.9 mi
- Nickels-Sortwell House: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln County Museum: 1.3 mi
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum: 5.0 mi
- Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum: 6.3 mi
- Center School: 6.4 mi
- Fort Edgecomb: 0.0 mi
- Castle Tucker: 0.9 mi
- Bristol War Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Boothbay World War II Honor Role: 8.1 mi
- Boothbay Civil War Soldier Monument: 8.1 mi
- Goats: 6.5 mi
- Antique Engine Display: 6.5 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge History: 6.5 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 6.7 mi
- Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Sand Cove Beach: 11.6 mi
- Cole Beach: 11.7 mi
- Hendricks Head Beach: 11.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.3 mi
- Hotel Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 0.8 mi
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Sunken Garden: 10.3 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Hockomock Head: 8.2 mi
- The Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Morse Point: 19.1 mi
- Burnt Head: 23.5 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 23.6 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 10.2 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 10.3 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 22.8 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Hill | N 355° | 165 m | 15.1 mi |
| Blinn Hill | N 352° | 135 m | 9.1 mi |
| Palmer Hill | N 2° | 125 m | 10.1 mi |
| Dyer Hill | NNE 24° | 125 m | 12.1 mi |
| Crocker Hill | N 4° | 120 m | 11.1 mi |
| Ring Hill | NW 319° | 116 m | 14.9 mi |
| Jones Hill | NNE 16° | 111 m | 15.0 mi |
| Eugley Hill | NE 45° | 107 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:41 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:17 | 16:04 |
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 | 24 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wiscasset AP, 3 mi away.
- Monarch15 obs
- American Lady7 obs
- black-eyed Susan7 obs
- flat-top white aster7 obs
- white meadowsweet7 obs
- Clouded Sulphur6 obs
- Large-leaved lupine6 obs
- sensitive fern6 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/1054289716
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