Lanes Island
Lanes Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Arnold Family Forest, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Arnold Family Forest: 1.0 mi
- Powell Point Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Spear Farm Estuary Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Larrabee's Landing: 1.7 mi
- River's Edge: 1.8 mi
- Winslow Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Camp Soci: 1.7 mi
- Grist Mill Park: 2.6 mi
- North Road Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.1 mi
- Schooner Windfall: 1.4 mi
- Eartha: 2.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Old Farmhouse Foundation: 5.3 mi
- Cumberland Veterans Monument: 6.4 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 1.6 mi
- Chandler Cove Beach: 5.0 mi
- East End Beach: 6.1 mi
- Kennedy Beach: 6.6 mi
- Suprise Beach: 7.5 mi
- Mitchell Hill: 1.7 mi
- Winston Hill: 2.8 mi
- York Hill: 3.2 mi
- Spears Hill: 4.2 mi
- Torrey Hill: 4.5 mi
- Yarmouth Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Yarmouth Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Organic Vegetable Fields: 3.5 mi
- Organic Gardens: 3.7 mi
- FCS Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Big Indian: 2.0 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 4.6 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 4.7 mi
- Desert of Maine: 4.8 mi
- Bradbury Mountain State Park: 7.9 mi
- Bustins Island Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Yarmouth Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Desert of Maine Farm Museum: 4.9 mi
- Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum: 6.6 mi
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- Can't Stop Hip Hop: 3.9 mi
- Lobstermans Statue: 8.1 mi
- Frog Rock: 9.9 mi
- Labyrinth in the Woods: 10.1 mi
- Cloud Couch: 10.6 mi
- White Head Cliff: 10.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Cod Ledges: 11.2 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 11.4 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 15.9 mi
- First Falls: 2.7 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 8.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 22.2 mi
- Bug Light: 10.9 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 17.6 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 17.7 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Lanes Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | W 281° | 178 m | 11.6 mi |
| Dutton Hill | WNW 290° | 175 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hunt Hill | WNW 292° | 153 m | 10.9 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | WSW 257° | 151 m | 10.0 mi |
| Baker Mountain | W 281° | 149 m | 12.9 mi |
| Leighton Hill | WSW 253° | 145 m | 10.7 mi |
| Libby Hill | W 273° | 144 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bradbury Mountain | NNW 340° | 143 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:19 | 16:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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