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Kingdom Woods Conservation Area

Kingdom Woods Conservation Area from directly overhead

Kingdom Woods Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Great Pond Mountain stands 291 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Head Preserve, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.40638, -68.64814

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Blue Hill Athletic Fields: 2.5 mi
  • Horton Emerson Park: 3.1 mi
  • Blue Hill Town Park: 3.1 mi
  • Xander Park: 3.8 mi
  • Blue Hill Fairgrounds: 4.0 mi
Beaches
Museums: 30
Cliffs: 30
Historic sites: 23
Gardens: 22
  • Tanglewood Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 20.9 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 21.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 21.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Maple Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Birch Spring: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.4 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Kingdom Woods Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Pond MountainN 356°291 m13.5 mi
Blue Hill MountainENE 56°281 m3.4 mi
Flag HillN 6°270 m13.7 mi
Flying Moose MountainN 5°245 m14.3 mi
Oak HillN 7°223 m12.8 mi
Mason MountainN 354°183 m12.0 mi
Fletcher HillWNW 302°177 m12.8 mi
Mount TuckNW 319°172 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5119:3920:23
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1015:59

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1363964283

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