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Crockett Cove Woods Preserve

Crockett Cove Woods Preserve from directly overhead

Crockett Cove Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south-southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Barred Island Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.17309, -68.69966

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Stinson Point: 0.9 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Little Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Jims Hill: 5.9 mi
Beaches
Parks
  • Small Cove Park: 2.2 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 3.6 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 4.0 mi
  • Nature Area: 4.6 mi
Museums: 36
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 12
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 7.1 mi
  • Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 13.0 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 13.2 mi
  • House Foundation: 13.3 mi
Artworks: 6
Springs: 5
  • Lurvey Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Birch Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 24.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Vinal Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 21.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 10.9 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 22.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Tanglewood Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Crockett Cove Woods Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainSSE 153°148 m8.7 mi
Caterpillar MountainN 9°148 m11.1 mi
Rocky MountainSSE 152°144 m8.5 mi
Jerusalem MountainSSE 156°127 m9.3 mi
Stover HillNNE 17°109 m16.1 mi
Seven Star HillNNE 19°108 m15.5 mi
Winche MountainN 354°92 m11.0 mi
Backwood MountainNNW 341°82 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:23
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1216:00

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/700009418

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