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Beatrix Farrand Gardens

Beatrix Farrand Gardens from directly overhead

Beatrix Farrand Gardens is a garden in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Newlin Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

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Coordinates44.39536, -68.22079

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • DeGregoire Green: 0.5 mi
  • Barker Park: 0.8 mi
  • Harborview Park: 0.8 mi
  • Agamont Park: 0.9 mi
  • Village Green: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 37
Cliffs: 21
  • Sols Cliff: 2.3 mi
  • The Ovens: 3.6 mi
  • Central Slabs: 3.6 mi
  • The Alcove: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Wall: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Newlin Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 0.1 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 2.3 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 0.9 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 2.0 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 2.6 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 2.6 mi
Museums: 17
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 0.1 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 6.1 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 6.6 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Birch Spring: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 0.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 0.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 4.2 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 5.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 0.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 7.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Long Falls: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 0.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 14.2 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 3.7 mi
  • Double Arch: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 8.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Beatrix Farrand Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainS 183°466 m2.9 mi
Sargent MountainSW 216°419 m4.4 mi
Dorr MountainS 175°387 m2.8 mi
Pemetic MountainSSW 196°380 m4.3 mi
Penobscot MountainSSW 208°360 m4.9 mi
Champlain MountainSSE 157°323 m3.4 mi
Dike PeakS 184°321 m4.1 mi
Gilmore PeakSW 217°316 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • European Green Crab383 obs
  • American Herring Gull352 obs
  • Common Periwinkle273 obs
  • Northern Acorn Barnacle222 obs
  • sweetfern214 obs
  • rugosa rose207 obs
  • White-tailed Deer170 obs
  • Atlantic Dogwhelk149 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1162523920

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