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Barred Island Preserve

Barred Island Preserve from directly overhead

Barred Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south-southeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Stinson Point, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.17164, -68.71686

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Stinson Point: 0.0 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Little Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Oak Hill: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Small Cove Park: 2.9 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 4.0 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 4.5 mi
  • Burnt Island Conservation Area: 4.8 mi
Museums: 36
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 12
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 7.4 mi
  • Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 13.8 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 14.0 mi
  • House Foundation: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Artworks: 6
Attractions: 4
Springs: 4
  • Lurvey Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 24.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Vinal Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 22.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Tanglewood Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Barred Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainSSE 148°148 m9.0 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNE 13°148 m11.3 mi
Rocky MountainSSE 147°144 m8.9 mi
Jerusalem MountainSSE 151°127 m9.6 mi
Jackson HillNW 308°126 m16.4 mi
Seven Star HillNNE 22°108 m15.9 mi
Winche MountainN 358°92 m11.0 mi
Backwood MountainNNW 345°82 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:23
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1216:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 21 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Black-headed Budworm Moth314 obs
  • False Hemlock Looper Moth256 obs
  • Sweetfern Geometer Moth238 obs
  • Black Zigzag Moth233 obs
  • Hemlock Looper Moth230 obs
  • Green Cloverworm Moth226 obs
  • Bent-lined Carpet218 obs
  • Comstock's Sallow206 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/700009675

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