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Preble-Marr Historical Museum

Preble-Marr Historical Museum from directly overhead

Preble-Marr Historical Museum is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the north-northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is High Hopes Lobster Boat, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.1 miles off.

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Operated by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Fee: No

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Coordinates44.25203, -68.26887

4.1 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
11.8 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
26.0 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
27.0 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

Little Head: 0.2 mi
Great Head: 0.3 mi
Bulger Hill: 1.2 mi
Bulger Hill: 1.2 mi
Dolly Hill: 1.4 mi

Parks

Hadlock Park: 1.5 mi
Chris's Pond Park: 3.3 mi
Seal Harbor Beach: 3.3 mi
Thuya Garden: 3.4 mi
Pemetic Elementary School play area: 3.4 mi

Beaches39

Gilley Beach: 2.2 mi
Cobble Beach: 3.5 mi
Hunters Beach: 4.1 mi
Little Hunters Beach: 4.3 mi
Back Beach: 4.6 mi

Cliffs22

Pierce Head: 2.6 mi
Rhodes Cliff: 3.2 mi
Schoolhouse Ledge: 3.7 mi
The Cleft: 4.2 mi
Canada Cliff: 5.2 mi

Gardens21

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 3.3 mi
Roadside: 8.2 mi
Meadow: 8.2 mi
Mountain: 8.2 mi
Heath: 8.2 mi

Historic sites19

Champlain Monument: 3.9 mi
Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 4.0 mi
Fabri memorial: 5.6 mi
Bates Memorial: 6.0 mi
Andrew Murray Young: 6.7 mi

Museums17

Islesford Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
La petite Plaisance: 2.7 mi
Wendell Gilley Museum: 3.6 mi
Seal Cove Auto Museum: 7.7 mi
Abbe Museum: 8.1 mi

Lighthouses14

Attractions8

High Hopes Lobster Boat: 0.0 mi
Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 5.7 mi
The Bubble: 6.1 mi
Thunder Hole: 6.2 mi
Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 10.1 mi

Springs8

Jesuit Spring: 3.9 mi
Lurvey Spring: 4.8 mi
Birch Spring: 5.3 mi
Maple Spring: 6.0 mi
Fern Spring: 6.7 mi

Waterfalls4

Man O War Waterfall: 5.1 mi
Hadlock Falls: 5.5 mi
Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.8 mi
Ellsworth Falls: 23.4 mi

Picnic sites2

Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
Thompson Island Picnic Area: 13.0 mi

Artworks2

Baxter The Lobster: 10.0 mi
Water Street Mural: 21.4 mi

Natural arches1

Cathedral Rock: 12.9 mi

Rest areas1

Long Cove: 18.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Preble-Marr Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Cadillac Mountain	NNE 18°	466 m	7.3 mi
Sargent Mountain	N 358°	419 m	6.3 mi
Dorr Mountain	NNE 20°	387 m	7.5 mi
Pemetic Mountain	NNE 11°	380 m	5.9 mi
Penobscot Mountain	N 1°	360 m	5.6 mi
Bernard Mountain	NW 304°	326 m	6.2 mi
Dike Peak	NNE 20°	321 m	6.2 mi
Gilmore Peak	N 355°	316 m	6.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:37	18:07	18:45
June solstice	04:50	19:37	20:21
September equinox	06:21	17:54	18:33
December solstice	07:06	15:10	15:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	24	26	33	44	55	64	70	69	62	51	40	30
Precip in	4.5	3.8	4.9	5.2	4.5	4.3	3.3	3.4	4.2	5.9	5.9	5.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/6848020178

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