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Carrying Place Preserve

Carrying Place Preserve from directly overhead

Carrying Place Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Caterpillar Mountain stands 148 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Brays Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.21388, -68.64922

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Brays Mountain: 0.1 mi
  • Conary Head: 3.6 mi
  • Jims Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Stinson Point: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Nature Area: 0.9 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 1.4 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 1.6 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 4.1 mi
Beaches
Museums: 37
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 23
  • Tanglewood Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Heath: 24.1 mi
  • Mountain: 24.1 mi
  • Meadow: 24.1 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 9.5 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 11.7 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 11.9 mi
  • Store Foundation: 11.9 mi
  • House Foundation: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Birch Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 12.9 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 19.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 21.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 23.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 18.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Carrying Place Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Caterpillar MountainN 355°148 m8.1 mi
Sawyer MountainS 172°148 m10.7 mi
Rocky MountainS 172°144 m10.5 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 173°127 m11.4 mi
Stover HillN 10°109 m12.8 mi
Seven Star HillNNE 13°108 m12.1 mi
Winche MountainNNW 336°92 m8.9 mi
Backwood MountainNW 324°82 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:23
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 °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364142504

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