Indian Point-Blagden Preserve
Indian Point-Blagden Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Horizons Preserve, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 11.4 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 19.0 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 25.5 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 7 mi
- Hawk Watch · 7 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 10 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Horizons Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 2.7 mi
- Thomas Island Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Stone Barn Farm Preserve: 4.0 mi
- High Head: 1.4 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.8 mi
- Patty Lot Hill: 1.8 mi
- Uncle Dick Hill: 2.6 mi
- Whalesback: 2.6 mi
- Town Hill Playground: 1.9 mi
- Hadley Point Beach: 4.6 mi
- Suminsby Park: 4.8 mi
- Lamoine State Park: 5.8 mi
- Bloomfield Park: 6.4 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 5.3 mi
- Lamoine Beach: 6.1 mi
- Carrying Place Beach: 6.2 mi
- Marlboro Beach: 7.3 mi
- Hunters Beach: 9.7 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 5.9 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 7.3 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 7.5 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 7.9 mi
- Yourcenar: 2.4 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 7.6 mi
- Eden's Civil War Monument: 8.1 mi
- The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 8.2 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 8.2 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 3.7 mi
- Beach Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Canada Cliff: 5.6 mi
- The Ovens: 6.3 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 6.9 mi
- COA Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Newlin Garden: 7.4 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 7.4 mi
- Heath: 8.2 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 8.7 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 11.5 mi
- Oil House: 11.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 11.5 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 11.5 mi
- Fern Spring: 5.4 mi
- Maple Spring: 5.8 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 6.0 mi
- Birch Spring: 6.2 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 6.8 mi
- The Bubble: 6.6 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.2 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 8.2 mi
- Thunder Hole: 10.1 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 10.3 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 5.9 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 6.6 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 12.9 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 8.2 mi
- Water Street Mural: 10.9 mi
- Before The Wind: 24.5 mi
- The Whale: 24.5 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 6.2 mi
- Long Cove: 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Indian Point-Blagden Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | ESE 108° | 466 m | 7.6 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | ESE 122° | 419 m | 5.7 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | ESE 107° | 387 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | ESE 120° | 380 m | 7.1 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | SE 126° | 360 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | S 181° | 326 m | 5.9 mi |
| Dike Peak | ESE 116° | 321 m | 8.0 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | SE 127° | 316 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 6 mi away.
- European Green Crab44 obs
- Northern Red Belt29 obs
- Common Periwinkle27 obs
- Bushy-backed Nudibranch25 obs
- purple pitcher plant22 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander21 obs
- Harbor Seal21 obs
- Knotted Wrack21 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/863950843
Day trips start here
- Surry · 10 mi
- Acadia National Park · 12 mi
- Ellsworth · 14 mi
- Orland · 22 mi
- Bucksport · 25 mi
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