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Bear Island Preserve

Bear Island Preserve from directly overhead

Bear Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Conary Head, a peak 0.8 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.22004, -68.58569

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Conary Head: 0.8 mi
  • Jims Hill: 2.0 mi
  • High Head: 2.5 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Nature Area: 2.5 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 4.4 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 4.4 mi
  • Brooklin Recreation Field: 5.0 mi
Museums: 28
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Heath: 21.1 mi
  • Mountain: 21.1 mi
  • Meadow: 21.1 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 21.1 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 9.4 mi
  • Store Foundation: 9.5 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 9.5 mi
  • House Foundation: 9.5 mi
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Attractions: 7
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 13.3 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 15.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 18.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 20.6 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 20.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Birch Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Man O War Waterfall: 15.0 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 21.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Bear Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainENE 62°326 m12.0 mi
Mansell MountainENE 62°289 m12.6 mi
Knight NubbleENE 61°283 m12.1 mi
Little NotchENE 61°271 m12.1 mi
Beech MountainENE 62°256 m13.5 mi
Western MountainENE 61°246 m12.1 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNW 333°148 m8.6 mi
Sawyer MountainS 189°148 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5119:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0715:1115:59

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, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18774134

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