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Ed Woodsum Preserve

Ed Woodsum Preserve from directly overhead

Ed Woodsum Preserve is a nature reserve, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Cove Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
16 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.11216, -68.50476

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 3.2 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Fog Island: 3.6 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 4.0 mi
  • Doliver Island: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Sand Cove Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Southwest Cove: 3.1 mi
  • Spindle Cove: 3.3 mi
  • Sand Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Schooner Cove: 3.4 mi
Museums: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Roadside: 22.7 mi
  • Mountain: 22.7 mi
  • Heath: 22.7 mi
  • Meadow: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 3.3 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 3.4 mi
  • House Foundation: 3.5 mi
  • Store Foundation: 3.6 mi
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 20
Lighthouses: 11
Attractions: 7
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 7.9 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 15.1 mi
  • The Bubble: 20.1 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 20.9 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 21.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Birch Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Artworks: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Ed Woodsum Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainNNE 27°326 m14.7 mi
Mansell MountainNNE 28°289 m15.2 mi
Knight NubbleNNE 27°283 m14.9 mi
Little NotchNNE 26°271 m14.8 mi
Beech MountainNNE 30°256 m15.8 mi
Western MountainNNE 26°246 m14.9 mi
Saint Sauveur MountainNNE 33°207 m16.4 mi
Valley PeakNE 34°152.4 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5219:3720:22
September equinox06:2217:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1115:59

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, 22 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/9707975

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