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Jed Island Preserve

Jed Island Preserve from directly overhead

Jed Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is East Blue Hill Village Park, a park 1.8 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.40985, -68.48706

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Blue Hill Village Park: 1.8 mi
  • Blue Hill Fairgrounds: 4.4 mi
  • Xander Park: 4.6 mi
  • Blue Hill Town Park: 4.8 mi
  • Horton Emerson Park: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 28
Museums: 27
Historic sites: 23
  • Yourcenar: 8.1 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 13.6 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 13.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 14.0 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 13.9 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Lurvey Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Birch Spring: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Bubble: 12.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 14.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 14.0 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 15.3 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 10.6 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 11.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 16.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Jed Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainESE 113°419 m11.5 mi
Penobscot MountainESE 116°360 m12.1 mi
Bernard MountainSE 143°326 m9.4 mi
Gilmore PeakESE 116°316 m11.4 mi
Bald PeakESE 117°297 m11.3 mi
Mansell MountainSE 139°289 m9.5 mi
Parkman MountainESE 116°287 m11.1 mi
Knight NubbleSE 142°283 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3820:23
September equinox06:2217:5518:33
December solstice07:0815:1015:58

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18774076

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