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Bluff Head Preserve

Bluff Head Preserve from directly overhead

Bluff Head Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Great Pond Mountain stands 291 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Head, a peak 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.38458, -68.66861

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Walker Pond Heritage Park: 2.7 mi
  • Blue Hill Athletic Fields: 4.0 mi
  • Blue Hill Town Park: 4.5 mi
  • Horton Emerson Park: 4.5 mi
  • Xander Park: 5.4 mi
Beaches
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 29
Historic sites: 24
Gardens: 22
  • Tanglewood Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 21.4 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 22.1 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 22.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Attractions: 8
  • The Bubble: 20.8 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 21.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 22.9 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 22.9 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 24.1 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Birch Spring: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 18.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 21.4 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 20.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Bluff Head Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Pond MountainN 0°291 m14.9 mi
Blue Hill MountainNE 49°281 m5.2 mi
Flag HillN 9°270 m15.3 mi
Oak HillN 10°223 m14.4 mi
Mason MountainN 359°183 m13.4 mi
Fletcher HillNW 310°177 m12.9 mi
Mount TuckNW 326°172 m13.7 mi
Eustis MountainNNW 327°167 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5119:3920:23
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231425361676759483727
Precip in4.13.64.24.33.74.53.13.13.95.14.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1363964279

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