Green Island
Green Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south-southeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Camp Island, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 25 mi
- Hawk Watch · 26 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 27 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Camp Island: 0.7 mi
- Wreck Island: 1.4 mi
- Round Island: 1.9 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- McGlathery Island: 2.2 mi
- Small Cove Park: 0.9 mi
- Fog Island: 4.9 mi
- Mariner's Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
- Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 5.5 mi
- Nature Area: 5.5 mi
- Mud Beach: 1.3 mi
- Ledge Beach: 1.3 mi
- Sand Beach: 2.1 mi
- Lily Pond Beach: 5.9 mi
- Reach Beach: 6.6 mi
- Burnt Hill: 1.8 mi
- Stinson Point: 3.8 mi
- Jims Hill: 4.7 mi
- Coombs Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Brays Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 1.0 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 4.8 mi
- North Haven Museum: 11.0 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society: 11.3 mi
- Negro Head: 4.8 mi
- Gull Ledges: 12.5 mi
- High Head: 13.0 mi
- The Bluffs: 17.7 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 18.2 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 4.6 mi
- Sarah Smith Foundation: 10.4 mi
- Barn Foundation: 10.5 mi
- House Foundation: 10.6 mi
- Store Foundation: 10.7 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 10.5 mi
- Oil House: 16.5 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 16.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 16.5 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 11.2 mi
- Andre the Seal: 21.1 mi
- Sphere: 22.7 mi
- Puffin Wall: 22.8 mi
- Seagull: 22.8 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 19.2 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 19.9 mi
- Birch Spring: 22.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 23.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 23.4 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 8.2 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 20.4 mi
- The Bubble: 23.9 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.3 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 22.5 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 21.2 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 22.5 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 22.9 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Green Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Mountain | SSE 165° | 148 m | 6.0 mi |
| Caterpillar Mountain | N 357° | 148 m | 13.0 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | SSE 164° | 144 m | 5.8 mi |
| Jerusalem Mountain | SSE 167° | 127 m | 6.6 mi |
| Winche Mountain | NNW 345° | 92 m | 13.4 mi |
| Backwood Mountain | NNW 335° | 82 m | 15.6 mi |
| Duck Harbor Mountain | S 179° | 80 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wentworth Mountain | S 174° | 78 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:38 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:12 | 15:59 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/18777818
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 17 mi
- Surry · 25 mi
- Orland · 30 mi
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