Bills Island
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
- 23.6 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 26 mi
- Hawk Watch · 26 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 27 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pell Island: 0.5 mi
- Nathan Island: 0.8 mi
- Round Island: 1.1 mi
- McGlathery Island: 1.4 mi
- Gooseberry Island: 1.4 mi
- 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
- Coombs Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Chaplain: 2.8 mi
- Kimball Head: 3.0 mi
- Black Dina: 3.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 3.0 mi
- 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
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 3.8 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 7.5 mi
- Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum: 11.2 mi
- North Haven Museum: 12.5 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 12.6 mi
- Negro Head: 2.1 mi
- High Head: 12.4 mi
- Gull Ledges: 15.2 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 19.7 mi
- Canada Cliff: 20.1 mi
- 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
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 11.7 mi
- Oil House: 16.4 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 16.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 16.5 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 11.0 mi
- Andre the Seal: 22.8 mi
- Sphere: 23.7 mi
- Puffin Wall: 23.8 mi
- Seagull: 23.8 mi
- 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
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 5.5 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 20.4 mi
- The Bubble: 24.6 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.7 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 21.2 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 23.2 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 22.9 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 23.5 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.9 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Mountain | S 173° | 148 m | 3.2 mi |
| Caterpillar Mountain | N 353° | 148 m | 15.6 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | S 171° | 144 m | 3.0 mi |
| Jerusalem Mountain | S 176° | 127 m | 4.0 mi |
| Winche Mountain | NNW 343° | 92 m | 16.2 mi |
| Duck Harbor Mountain | S 190° | 80 m | 5.9 mi |
| Wentworth Mountain | S 186° | 78 m | 4.7 mi |
| Goose Pond Mountain | ENE 77° | 74 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:38 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/18777861
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 17 mi
- Surry · 27 mi
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