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Lisa Tolman Wotton Nature Preserve

Lisa Tolman Wotton Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Lisa Tolman Wotton Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Blue Hill Mountain stands 281 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.28221, -68.71636

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pine Hill Nature Area: 0.8 mi
  • Bridge End Park: 1.3 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 4.3 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 4.7 mi
  • Walker Pond Heritage Park: 4.8 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Museums: 37
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 16
Artworks: 9
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Vinal Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lurvey Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Birch Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.3 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Tanglewood Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 18.2 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 22.2 mi
  • The Bubble: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Lisa Tolman Wotton Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue Hill MountainNNE 31°281 m12.2 mi
Ducktrap MountainW 278°218 m14.6 mi
Beech HillWNW 286°205 m14.5 mi
Priest HillWNW 290°181 m14.6 mi
Mount PercivalWNW 294°153 m13.1 mi
Knowlton HillWNW 293°153 m14.7 mi
Caterpillar MountainNE 37°148 m4.3 mi
Wallamatogus MountainN 355°141 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3920:23
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6573596986

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