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Flint Island

Flint Island from directly overhead

Flint Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Black Mountain stands 304 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Arch, a natural arch 2.8 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.47672, -67.78835

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 57
Parks: 33
  • McClellan Park: 3.3 mi
  • Milbridge Commons: 6.0 mi
  • Milbridge Baseball Field: 6.2 mi
  • Milbridge Town Marina: 6.4 mi
  • West River Town Landing: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 22
Gardens: 20
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 22.1 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 22.1 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 22.2 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 12
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 21.0 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 21.2 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 21.3 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 21.5 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 10.8 mi
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 12.5 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 13.2 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 16.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 21.4 mi
Museums: 8
  • Ruggles House Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 15.8 mi
  • Historical Museum: 15.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 21.5 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 22.8 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 3
  • Big Chief Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 22.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 2.8 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Baxter The Lobster: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Flint Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainWNW 295°304 m17.9 mi
Catherine MountainWNW 303°284 m17.6 mi
Caribou MountainWNW 300°259 m18.3 mi
Peaked MountainWNW 292°201 m15.5 mi
Blackwood MountainWNW 293°194 m14.6 mi
McCabe MountainNW 309°181 m16.7 mi
Round MountainNW 308°171 m13.6 mi
Anderson Pond NubbleNW 312°155 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3518:0518:44
June solstice04:4719:3520:20
September equinox06:1917:5218:31
December solstice07:0515:0715:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425260666659483827
Precip in4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dragon's Mouth3 obs
  • Bald Eagle2 obs
  • purple pitcher plant2 obs
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper1 obs
  • Short-billed Dowitcher1 obs
  • Ruddy Turnstone1 obs
  • American Red Squirrel1 obs
  • Tree Lungwort1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/220254248

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