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Forbes Pond Preserve

Forbes Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Forbes Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Chief Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.43825, -68.03914

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 58
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 2.2 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 7.1 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 7.5 mi
  • Grant Park: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Rogers Point Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Sand Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Boulder Beach: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 9.4 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 9.5 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 15
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 3.9 mi
  • Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 9.0 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 9.5 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 9.9 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 8.7 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 8.8 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 9.0 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 10.0 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Schoodic Point: 7.4 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 8.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 11.0 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 11.4 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Long Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 16.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 8.8 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 20.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 10.6 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 9.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Forbes Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainWSW 237°466 m10.9 mi
Sargent MountainWSW 241°419 m13.3 mi
Dorr MountainWSW 237°387 m10.5 mi
Pemetic MountainSW 235°380 m12.4 mi
Champlain MountainSW 232°323 m9.7 mi
Dike PeakSW 233°321 m11.6 mi
Schoodic MountainNNW 330°319 m10.7 mi
Black MountainNNW 339°304 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:45
June solstice04:4819:3620:21
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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18796942

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