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Frenchman Bay Community Forest

Frenchman Bay Community Forest from directly overhead

Frenchman Bay Community Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New England Forestry Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.58317, -68.34499

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Graham Lake - Fletchers Landing Boat Access: 2.9 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • S. K. Whiting Park: 4.6 mi
  • Knowlton Park: 4.7 mi
  • Donald Little Park: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 29
Beaches: 23
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 14.3 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 16.7 mi
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 17
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 7.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 14.9 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 15.2 mi
  • Yourcenar: 15.4 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 14.9 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 14.9 mi
  • The Bubble: 17.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 19.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 20.3 mi
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 14.3 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Long Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 9.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Frenchman Bay Community Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainWNW 292°342 m13.8 mi
Big HillNW 307°338 m13.3 mi
Tunk MountainENE 72°325 m13.0 mi
Schoodic MountainE 94°319 m9.8 mi
Black MountainE 89°304 m11.2 mi
Catherine MountainE 80°284 m12.9 mi
Flag HillW 276°270 m13.6 mi
Caribou MountainE 81°259 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0718:46
June solstice04:4919:3820:23
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0815:0815:57

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18796853

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