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Ice Pond Preserve

Ice Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Ice Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hancock Historical Society, a museum 0.6 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Crabtree Neck Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.52398, -68.24766

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gordon's Wharf: 0.8 mi
  • Sumner Park: 1.0 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 4.0 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Cliffs: 26
  • The Ovens: 6.0 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 10.9 mi
  • Central Slabs: 12.5 mi
  • The Alcove: 12.5 mi
  • Lower Wall: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 22
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 9.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 11.3 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 1.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 9.4 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 9.7 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 10.7 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 9.4 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 9.4 mi
  • The Bubble: 12.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 14.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Long Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.6 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Double Arch: 21.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Water Street Mural: 8.8 mi
  • Baxter The Lobster: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 3.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Ice Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainS 174°466 m11.9 mi
Sargent MountainS 186°419 m12.6 mi
Dorr MountainS 172°387 m11.8 mi
Tunk MountainNE 43°325 m11.0 mi
Champlain MountainSSE 168°323 m12.3 mi
Schoodic MountainNE 56°319 m6.0 mi
Gilmore PeakS 187°316 m12.9 mi
Black MountainNE 56°304 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0815:56

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365563612

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