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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 46 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Egypt Bay Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.57012, -68.31611

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Graham Lake - Fletchers Landing Boat Access: 4.6 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 5.0 mi
  • Sumner Park: 5.1 mi
  • S. K. Whiting Park: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 28
Beaches: 23
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 13.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 15.3 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 16
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 6.2 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 13.5 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 13.7 mi
  • Yourcenar: 14.5 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 14.8 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Attractions: 8
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 13.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 13.5 mi
  • The Bubble: 16.2 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 18.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 18.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 13.0 mi
  • Long Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 16.6 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 7.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 9.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Frenchman Bay Community Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainENE 66°325 m12.0 mi
Schoodic MountainE 89°319 m8.3 mi
Black MountainE 84°304 m9.8 mi
Catherine MountainENE 74°284 m11.7 mi
Caribou MountainENE 75°259 m10.5 mi
McFarland MountainS 169°220 m13.2 mi
Schoodic NubbleE 89°202 m7.9 mi
Peaked MountainE 94°201 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365388077

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