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Bills Island

Bills Island from directly overhead

Bills Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pell Island, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.10714, -68.62820

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Ledge Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Mud Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Goss Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Sand Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Sharks Point Beach: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Fog Island: 2.7 mi
  • Doliver Island: 3.1 mi
  • Rabbits Ear Island: 3.2 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 3.7 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 7.7 mi
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 12
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 2.3 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 9.3 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 9.5 mi
  • House Foundation: 9.6 mi
  • Store Foundation: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 6
Springs: 5
  • Lurvey Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Birch Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Fern Spring: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 5.5 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 20.4 mi
  • The Bubble: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Vinal Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 21.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 22.9 mi
  • Tanglewood Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Bills Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainS 173°148 m3.2 mi
Caterpillar MountainN 353°148 m15.6 mi
Rocky MountainS 171°144 m3.0 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 176°127 m4.0 mi
Winche MountainNNW 343°92 m16.2 mi
Duck Harbor MountainS 190°80 m5.9 mi
Wentworth MountainS 186°78 m4.7 mi
Goose Pond MountainENE 77°74 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0715:1216:00

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, 26 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18777861

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