Scottow Bog

Scottow Bog: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Scottow Bog

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Scottow Bog — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.60629, -70.34310. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Scottow Bog

• Fore River Parkway Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~8 km · Must-see
• Cascade Falls, Old Orchard Beach · waterfall · Cumberland · ~9 km · Must-see
• Higgins Beach · beach · Cumberland · ~9 km · Must-see
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument · fort · Cumberland · ~10 km · Must-see
• Fort Allen Park · fort · Cumberland · ~10 km · Must-see
• Portland Fire Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~10 km · Must-see
• Deering Oaks Park · park · Cumberland · ~10 km · Must-see
• Congress Square Park · park · Cumberland · ~10 km · Must-see
• Portland Museum of Art · museum · Cumberland · ~10 km · Must-see
• F.O.J. Smith Tomb · fort · Cumberland · ~11 km · Must-see
• Mayor Baxter Woods · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~11 km · Must-see
• First Parish Portland Unitarian Universalist Church · church · Cumberland · ~11 km · Must-see
• Boothby Square · park · Cumberland · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Park · park · Cumberland · ~12 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception · church · Cumberland · ~12 km · Must-see
• Back Cove · beach · Cumberland · ~12 km · Must-see
• Etz Chaim Synagogue · attraction · Cumberland · ~12 km · Must-see
• Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~12 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Scottow Bog

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Scottow Bog

• Mayor Baxter Woods · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~11 km · Must-see
• Knight's Pond Preserve · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~31 km · Must-see
• Littlejohn Island Preserve · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~31 km · Must-see
• Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~40 km · Must-see
• Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · York · ~40 km · Must-see
• Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Sagadahoc · ~60 km · Must-see
• West Lebanon Historic District · sanctuary · York · ~69 km · Must-see
• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~78 km · Must-see
• MacPheadris–Warner House · sanctuary · Rockingham · ~84 km · Must-see
• Moffatt-Ladd House · sanctuary · Rockingham · ~84 km · Must-see

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