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Little Tunk Pond Preserve

Little Tunk Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Little Tunk Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the north, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Peaked Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.2 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

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Coordinates44.55793, -68.10707

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 4.9 mi
  • Sumner Park: 6.3 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 6.5 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 12.6 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 12.6 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Black Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Rogers Point Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Marlboro Beach: 10.5 mi
Museums: 16
  • Hancock Historical Society: 7.6 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 11.3 mi
  • Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 12.6 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 5.6 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 12.4 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 12.8 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 13.4 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 12.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 12.5 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 15.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 16.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 16.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 13.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 11.4 mi
  • Double Arch: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 12.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 4.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Little Tunk Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainN 7°325 m5.7 mi
Schoodic MountainWNW 298°319 m2.2 mi
Black MountainNNW 344°304 m2.0 mi
Catherine MountainNNE 13°284 m4.2 mi
Caribou MountainN 358°259 m3.5 mi
Schoodic NubbleWNW 293°202 m2.6 mi
Peaked MountainE 88°201 m1.3 mi
Blackwood MountainE 86°194 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4819:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0715:0815:56

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, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365389247

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