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Church Land Preserve

Church Land Preserve from directly overhead

Church Land Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Caterpillar Mountain stands 148 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lily Pond Park, a park 0.5 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
Coordinates44.22823, -68.66331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lily Pond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Nature Area: 1.4 mi
  • Pine Hill Nature Area: 4.4 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Brays Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Conary Head: 4.1 mi
  • Stinson Point: 4.7 mi
  • Jims Hill: 4.8 mi
  • High Head: 4.8 mi
Museums: 39
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 23
  • Tanglewood Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.8 mi
  • Heath: 24.3 mi
  • Mountain: 24.3 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 10.5 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 12.8 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 13.0 mi
  • Store Foundation: 13.0 mi
  • House Foundation: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Artworks: 9
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Birch Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.0 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 19.6 mi
  • The Bubble: 21.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 24.2 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 18.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Church Land Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Caterpillar MountainN 360°148 m7.1 mi
Sawyer MountainS 170°148 m11.8 mi
Rocky MountainS 169°144 m11.6 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 171°127 m12.5 mi
Stover HillNNE 14°109 m12.0 mi
Seven Star HillNNE 17°108 m11.3 mi
Winche MountainNNW 338°92 m7.7 mi
Backwood MountainNW 324°82 m10.2 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, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364142506

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