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Kelley Farm Preserve

Kelley Farm Preserve from directly overhead

Kelley Farm Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Marsh Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.24776, -68.35639

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Bass Harbor Light Station: 2.0 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 2.5 mi
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 2.7 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 3.2 mi
  • Seal Cove Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 54
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Heath: 10.8 mi
  • Mountain: 10.8 mi
  • Roadside: 10.8 mi
  • Meadow: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Lurvey Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Birch Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Maple Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 4.3 mi
  • The Bubble: 8.1 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 9.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 9.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 5.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 11.6 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 12.3 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 20.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Kelley Farm Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainNNE 32°419 m7.8 mi
Pemetic MountainNE 42°380 m8.2 mi
Penobscot MountainNE 37°360 m7.4 mi
Bernard MountainNNW 348°326 m3.8 mi
Gilmore PeakNNE 31°316 m7.3 mi
Bald PeakNNE 31°297 m7.0 mi
Mansell MountainN 356°289 m4.1 mi
Parkman MountainNNE 29°287 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1015:58

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365122298

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