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Kittredge Brook Forest

Kittredge Brook Forest from directly overhead

Kittredge Brook Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Frenchmans Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.38604, -68.31463

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Town Hill Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Suminsby Park: 3.5 mi
  • Hadley Point Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Lamoine State Park: 4.8 mi
  • DeGregoire Green: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 43
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 21
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 1.9 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.6 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.6 mi
  • La petite Plaisance: 6.8 mi
Gardens: 21
Historic sites: 19
  • Yourcenar: 2.1 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 5.0 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 5.3 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 5.5 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 5.6 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Fern Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Birch Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Bubble: 4.4 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.4 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 7.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 3.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 4.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Long Falls: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 4.4 mi
  • Double Arch: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.4 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 11.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Kittredge Brook Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainESE 117°466 m5.0 mi
Sargent MountainSE 145°419 m3.6 mi
Dorr MountainESE 114°387 m5.3 mi
Pemetic MountainSE 136°380 m4.9 mi
Penobscot MountainSSE 147°360 m4.4 mi
Bernard MountainSSW 206°326 m6.4 mi
Champlain MountainESE 112°323 m6.4 mi
Dike PeakSE 128°321 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18790461

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