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Baker Hill Preserve

Baker Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Baker Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

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Coordinates44.51603, -68.17097

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sumner Park: 3.1 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 3.1 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 3.2 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 5.9 mi
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 22
Cliffs: 22
  • The Ovens: 7.1 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 10.0 mi
  • Central Slabs: 11.7 mi
  • The Alcove: 11.7 mi
  • Lower Wall: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 8.7 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 8.7 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 10.8 mi
Museums: 17
  • Hancock Historical Society: 4.3 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 8.8 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 9.3 mi
  • Historical Museum: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 1.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 8.7 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 9.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 9.9 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 8.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 12.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 13.5 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.2 mi
  • Long Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 15.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Double Arch: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 8.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 0.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Baker Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSSW 193°466 m11.6 mi
Dorr MountainSSW 191°387 m11.4 mi
Tunk MountainNNE 24°325 m9.4 mi
Champlain MountainS 186°323 m11.5 mi
Schoodic MountainNNE 17°319 m4.1 mi
Black MountainNNE 28°304 m5.5 mi
Catherine MountainNNE 31°284 m8.1 mi
The WhitecapSSW 197°276 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0815:56

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365389245

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