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Gooseberry Island

Gooseberry Island from directly overhead

Gooseberry Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Little McGlathery Island, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.12026, -68.60688

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Mud Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Ledge Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Sand Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Sand Cove Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Goss Beach: 5.3 mi
Parks
  • Fog Island: 2.2 mi
  • Doliver Island: 3.4 mi
  • Rabbits Ear Island: 3.6 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 3.7 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 6.7 mi
Peaks
Museums: 29
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 15
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 3.6 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 8.1 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 8.3 mi
  • House Foundation: 8.4 mi
  • Store Foundation: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 6.3 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 19.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 23.2 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 24.6 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 24.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lurvey Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Birch Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Vinal Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 21.5 mi
  • Tanglewood Garden: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Gooseberry Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainS 189°148 m4.2 mi
Caterpillar MountainN 349°148 m14.8 mi
Rocky MountainS 189°144 m4.0 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 189°127 m4.9 mi
Bald MountainNE 42°121 m16.3 mi
Winche MountainNNW 339°92 m15.7 mi
Duck Harbor MountainSSW 197°80 m7.0 mi
Wentworth MountainSSW 195°78 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0715:1215:59

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, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18777843

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