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Big Babson Island Preserve

Big Babson Island Preserve from directly overhead

Big Babson Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Conary Head, a peak 1.0 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.23698, -68.56229

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Conary Head: 1.0 mi
  • High Head: 1.4 mi
  • Jims Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Steves Hill: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Brooklin Recreation Field: 3.6 mi
  • Nature Area: 3.8 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 5.5 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 26
Museums: 25
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Heath: 19.5 mi
  • Mountain: 19.5 mi
  • Meadow: 19.5 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 21
Lighthouses: 11
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Birch Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 7
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 14.5 mi
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.6 mi
  • The Bubble: 16.9 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 19.2 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Man O War Waterfall: 13.4 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 19.4 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 20.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Big Babson Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainENE 64°326 m10.4 mi
Mansell MountainENE 64°289 m11.0 mi
Knight NubbleENE 64°283 m10.6 mi
Little NotchENE 64°271 m10.5 mi
Beech MountainENE 65°256 m11.9 mi
Western MountainENE 63°246 m10.6 mi
Saint Sauveur MountainENE 67°207 m12.9 mi
Valley PeakENE 68°152.4 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:47
June solstice04:5119:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5518:34
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, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18774112

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