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Frenchboro Preserve

Frenchboro Preserve from directly overhead

Frenchboro Preserve is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastern Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.11290, -68.35090

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 56
  • Fire Ponds: 4.4 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 4.9 mi
  • Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 5.1 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Bass Harbor Light Station: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 44
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Roadside: 18.6 mi
  • Meadow: 18.6 mi
  • Mountain: 18.6 mi
  • Heath: 18.6 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 16
Lighthouses: 12
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 10.4 mi
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 15.9 mi
  • The Bubble: 16.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 16.4 mi
Springs: 7
  • Jesuit Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Birch Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.1 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Frenchboro Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainN 355°326 m13.1 mi
Mansell MountainN 358°289 m13.4 mi
Knight NubbleN 356°283 m13.3 mi
Cedar Swamp MountainNNE 14°283 m15.3 mi
Little NotchN 356°271 m13.2 mi
Norumbega MountainN 11°260 m14.9 mi
Beech MountainN 1°256 m13.7 mi
Western MountainN 356°246 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0615:1115:58

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, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364377569

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