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Edgar Tennis Preserve

Edgar Tennis Preserve from directly overhead

Edgar Tennis Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgar M. Tennis Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.20504, -68.62762

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Brays Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Jims Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Conary Head: 2.9 mi
  • High Head: 4.4 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 4.5 mi
Parks
  • Nature Area: 1.3 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 2.6 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 2.8 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 3.8 mi
Beaches
Museums: 34
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 23
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 8.9 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 10.5 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 10.6 mi
  • Store Foundation: 10.7 mi
  • House Foundation: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Tanglewood Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Heath: 23.4 mi
  • Mountain: 23.4 mi
  • Meadow: 23.4 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 12.2 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 18.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 20.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 22.9 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 7
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Edgar Tennis Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainENE 62°326 m14.3 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNW 348°148 m8.9 mi
Sawyer MountainS 178°148 m10.0 mi
Rocky MountainS 178°144 m9.8 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 179°127 m10.7 mi
Bald MountainENE 63°121 m13.5 mi
Stover HillN 5°109 m13.2 mi
Seven Star HillN 7°108 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
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, 22 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6573546703

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