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Cooper Farm at Caterpillar Hill

Cooper Farm at Caterpillar Hill from directly overhead

Cooper Farm at Caterpillar Hill is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gull Ledges, a cliff 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.32174, -68.67781

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Walker Pond Heritage Park: 1.7 mi
  • Bridge End Park: 2.3 mi
  • Pine Hill Nature Area: 2.8 mi
  • Holbrook Island Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 6.5 mi
Beaches
Museums: 32
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 24
Gardens: 22
  • Tanglewood Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 21.1 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 23.1 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Birch Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 20.5 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 20.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 21.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 23.9 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 23.9 mi
Artworks: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.9 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Cooper Farm at Caterpillar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainE 95°326 m15.2 mi
Mansell MountainE 94°289 m15.7 mi
Knight NubbleE 94°283 m15.2 mi
Blue Hill MountainNNE 29°281 m8.9 mi
Little NotchE 95°271 m15.2 mi
Western MountainE 94°246 m15.2 mi
Mount PercivalW 280°153 m14.2 mi
Knowlton HillW 281°153 m15.7 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, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1363964275

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