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Day Ridges Preserve

Day Ridges Preserve from directly overhead

Day Ridges Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Pond Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.9 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy

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Coordinates44.48206, -68.06043

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 59
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 5.4 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 5.6 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 6.2 mi
  • Sumner Park: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Rogers Point Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Black Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Marlboro Beach: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 9.9 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 10.0 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 15
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 6.2 mi
  • Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 9.7 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 10.0 mi
  • Hancock Historical Society: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 7.8 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 9.4 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 9.7 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 9.9 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Attractions: 10
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 9.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 9.5 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 10.3 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 12.8 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 13.4 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.7 mi
  • Long Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 9.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 18.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.6 mi
  • Double Arch: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 6.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Day Ridges Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSW 222°466 m12.0 mi
Dorr MountainSW 221°387 m11.7 mi
Tunk MountainN 351°325 m11.0 mi
Champlain MountainSW 216°323 m11.2 mi
Dike PeakSW 219°321 m13.0 mi
Schoodic MountainNW 326°319 m7.6 mi
Black MountainNNW 338°304 m7.7 mi
Catherine MountainN 352°284 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:45
June solstice04:4819:3720:21
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0615:0815:56

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1365389243

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