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Frances B. Wood Preserve

Frances B. Wood Preserve from directly overhead

Frances B. Wood Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Dorr Mountain stands 387 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Rogers Point Beach, a beach 1.8 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

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Coordinates44.48888, -68.00447

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 55
  • Unionville Ballfield: 3.2 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 5.7 mi
  • Milbridge Baseball Field: 6.4 mi
  • Milbridge Commons: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Rogers Point Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Jordan Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Black Beach: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 12.5 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 12.5 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 13.3 mi
Museums: 15
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 7.7 mi
  • Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 12.2 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 12.6 mi
  • Hancock Historical Society: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 10.3 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 11.9 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 12.2 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 12.2 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Attractions: 10
  • Schoodic Point: 11.2 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 11.9 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 12.0 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 14.8 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 15.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Long Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 13.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.4 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 22.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 9.4 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 13.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 12.0 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 9.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Frances B. Wood Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dorr MountainSW 228°387 m14.0 mi
Tunk MountainNNW 337°325 m11.3 mi
Champlain MountainSW 225°323 m13.4 mi
Schoodic MountainNW 310°319 m9.1 mi
Black MountainNW 320°304 m8.7 mi
Catherine MountainNNW 335°284 m9.7 mi
Caribou MountainNNW 328°259 m9.8 mi
Huguenot HeadSW 226°222 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4819:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5318:31
December solstice07:0615:0715:56

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, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365390029

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