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Cranberry Shores Preserve

Cranberry Shores Preserve from directly overhead

Cranberry Shores Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bulger Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.23745, -68.25276

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bulger Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Bulger Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Bunker Head: 0.2 mi
  • Dolly Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Great Head: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Hadlock Park: 1.4 mi
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Bass Harbor Light Station: 4.4 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 37
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Roadside: 8.9 mi
  • Meadow: 8.9 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 8.9 mi
  • Mountain: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 18
Lighthouses: 14
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 1.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 6.0 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 6.6 mi
  • The Bubble: 7.1 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 10.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Jesuit Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Birch Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 6.4 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 10.8 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 22.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Cranberry Shores Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainN 10°466 m8.1 mi
Sargent MountainN 352°419 m7.4 mi
Dorr MountainNNE 13°387 m8.3 mi
Pemetic MountainN 3°380 m6.8 mi
Penobscot MountainN 354°360 m6.6 mi
Bernard MountainNW 307°326 m7.4 mi
Champlain MountainNNE 20°323 m8.4 mi
Dike PeakN 11°321 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:1015:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364908902

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