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Kilkenny Cove Preserve

Kilkenny Cove Preserve from directly overhead

Kilkenny Cove Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Egypt Bay Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.53356, -68.29795

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gordon's Wharf: 3.2 mi
  • Sumner Park: 3.4 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 4.4 mi
  • Bloomfield Park: 4.4 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 27
  • The Ovens: 6.8 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 12.4 mi
  • Central Slabs: 13.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 13.9 mi
  • Lower Wall: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 22
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 10.3 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 12.6 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 15
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 4.4 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 10.8 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 11.1 mi
  • Yourcenar: 12.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Fern Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 10.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 10.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 13.6 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 15.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.9 mi
  • Long Falls: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Double Arch: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 5.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Kilkenny Cove Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSSE 164°466 m13.0 mi
Sargent MountainS 175°419 m13.2 mi
Dorr MountainSSE 162°387 m13.0 mi
Tunk MountainNE 54°325 m12.4 mi
Schoodic MountainENE 70°319 m7.9 mi
Gilmore PeakS 176°316 m13.5 mi
Black MountainENE 68°304 m9.6 mi
Parkman MountainS 177°287 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:4919:3820:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0815:57

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365388076

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