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Cape Island

Cape Island from directly overhead

Cape Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Trott Island, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.36256, -70.41723
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Crow Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Casino Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Fairfield Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Whitten Hills: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • River Green: 2.9 mi
  • Silas Perkins Park: 2.9 mi
  • Grist Mill Property: 3.1 mi
  • Lower Village Park: 3.5 mi
  • Meadow Woods Preserve: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 60
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 7.6 mi
  • The Garden at Gull Crest: 17.7 mi
  • The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 19.4 mi
  • The Parks Department Community Garden: 20.1 mi
  • South Berwick Community Garden: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 57
Museums: 42
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 9
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 6.9 mi
  • Spring Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Elks Club: 20.7 mi
  • Take Flight: 21.6 mi
  • Ampitheater: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 5
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 12.5 mi
  • Orris Falls: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Cape Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AgamenticusSW 235°210 m16.9 mi
Second HillSW 236°167 m16.1 mi
Third HillSW 236°159 m15.4 mi
Grant HillNW 311°146 m16.0 mi
Brackett HillWNW 297°141 m17.3 mi
Windy HillW 271°138 m17.3 mi
Horse HillsSW 234°118 m17.7 mi
Welch HillWSW 251°108 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice05:0219:4320:26
September equinox06:3018:0318:41
December solstice07:1215:2316:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532425262676659483929
Precip in3.63.74.74.74.24.73.93.93.95.64.24.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kennebunkport, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • rugosa rose18 obs
  • Knotted Wrack10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Least Tern8 obs
  • European Green Crab7 obs
  • Carolina Sea Lavender7 obs
  • Sea Milkwort7 obs
  • Piping Plover6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/82311086

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