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Bean Island Preserve

Bean Island Preserve from directly overhead

Bean Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sorrento Village Green, a park 1.2 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.47578, -68.20811

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sorrento Village Green: 1.2 mi
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 3.6 mi
  • Lamoine Beach Park: 3.9 mi
  • Sumner Park: 3.9 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 21
  • The Ovens: 3.8 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 7.2 mi
  • Central Slabs: 8.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 8.9 mi
  • Lower Wall: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 5.6 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 7.8 mi
Museums: 17
  • Hancock Historical Society: 4.4 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 5.6 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 3.2 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 5.8 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 7.1 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 8.1 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 9.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 10.8 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 6.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 12.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Long Falls: 15.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Double Arch: 19.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 3.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Bean Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainS 185°466 m8.5 mi
Sargent MountainSSW 199°419 m9.7 mi
Dorr MountainS 183°387 m8.4 mi
Pemetic MountainS 191°380 m9.9 mi
Penobscot MountainSSW 196°360 m10.3 mi
Champlain MountainS 175°323 m8.7 mi
Dike PeakS 185°321 m9.7 mi
Schoodic MountainNNE 24°319 m7.4 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 solstice07:0715:0815:56

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18793832

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