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The Forks Rest Area

The Forks Rest Area from directly overhead

The Forks Rest Area is a rest area in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Coburn Mountain stands 1,055 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Forks Plantation N Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

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Getting there

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Coordinates45.33689, -69.96732
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 44
  • The Forks Plantation N Public Reserved Land: 0.7 mi
  • Moxie Gore Public Reserved Land: 1.1 mi
  • West Forks SW Public Reserved Land: 4.3 mi
  • West Forks Central Public Reserved Land: 5.3 mi
  • The Forks Plantation S Public Reserved Land: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Flagstaff Ledge House: 16.5 mi
  • Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 16.7 mi
  • Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 17.4 mi
  • Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 17.7 mi
  • Northeast Whitewater: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Moxie Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Cold Stream Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Grand Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Long Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Austinm Stream Falls: 16.0 mi
Parks: 3
  • Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Quimby Field: 19.9 mi
  • Doe Pond Access: 21.2 mi
Museums: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Parlin Pond Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Attean View Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Spring water: 19.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Beach: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Big Wilson Cliffs: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of The Forks Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coburn MountainNW 320°1,055 m11.9 mi
Big Moose MountainNE 51°967 m16.0 mi
Moxie MountainSSE 158°893 m9.7 mi
Bean Brook MountainNNW 329°815 m15.9 mi
Johnson MountainNW 320°811 m9.5 mi
Granny CapWNW 292°806 m11.1 mi
Stewart MountainSSW 206°773 m17.2 mi
Hedgehog MountainWNW 292°770 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1318:52
June solstice04:5319:4720:32
September equinox06:2718:0018:39
December solstice07:1715:1116:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141624385161666457453321
Precip in2.82.43.03.83.64.54.03.63.24.63.83.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1101311983

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