Bass Island
Bass Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Bauneg Beg Mountain stands 262 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinkham Island, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 26.8 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
- 28.0 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinkham Island: 0.3 mi
- Green Island: 0.3 mi
- Goat Island: 0.5 mi
- Trott Island: 0.5 mi
- Redin Island: 0.6 mi
- Crow Hill: 0.9 mi
- Casino Hill: 1.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
- Fairfield Hill: 3.4 mi
- Great Hill: 4.2 mi
- River Green: 2.1 mi
- Silas Perkins Park: 2.1 mi
- Grist Mill Property: 2.3 mi
- Lower Village Park: 2.6 mi
- Meadow Woods Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Rachel Carson: 5.8 mi
- Fort Mary Monument: 7.1 mi
- Stage Island Monument: 7.8 mi
- Mariner's Circle: 8.8 mi
- Memorial Rock: 9.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
- The Garden at Gull Crest: 18.2 mi
- South Berwick Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 19.8 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Arundel Beach: 2.2 mi
- Colony Beach: 2.3 mi
- Goochs Beach: 2.6 mi
- Middle Beach: 3.2 mi
- Little Mother's Beach: 3.4 mi
- Lord Mansion Museum: 2.0 mi
- Kennebunk Marine Museum: 2.0 mi
- Seashore Trolley Museum: 4.4 mi
- The Hagenarium: 5.1 mi
- Brick Store Museum: 5.5 mi
- Our Forebearers of the Coast: 2.1 mi
- Fairy Village: 19.3 mi
- Tidal Moon: 20.8 mi
- Split Bench: 20.8 mi
- Thomas Reed Memorial: 21.5 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 6.1 mi
- Spring Hill: 18.4 mi
- Take Flight: 21.0 mi
- Elks Club: 21.0 mi
- Ampitheater: 22.1 mi
- Slackcrack: 8.5 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 12.1 mi
- York Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Dover Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 17.6 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- Bug Light: 22.7 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 24.4 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 24.4 mi
- Oil House: 24.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 12.6 mi
- Orris Falls: 15.1 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Bass Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauneg Beg Mountain | W 275° | 262 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Agamenticus | SW 234° | 210 m | 16.1 mi |
| Second Hill | SW 235° | 167 m | 15.4 mi |
| Third Hill | SW 234° | 159 m | 14.7 mi |
| Grant Hill | NW 314° | 146 m | 15.4 mi |
| Brackett Hill | WNW 298° | 141 m | 16.7 mi |
| Windy Hill | W 271° | 138 m | 16.4 mi |
| Horse Hills | SW 232° | 118 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:23 | 16:09 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kennebunkport, 2 mi away.
- rugosa rose23 obs
- Knotted Wrack12 obs
- Piping Plover11 obs
- Least Tern9 obs
- American Herring Gull9 obs
- Common Eider8 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
- Carolina Sea Lavender7 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/82311030
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