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Long Ledges Preserve

Long Ledges Preserve from directly overhead

Long Ledges Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy

How to reach it

Coordinates44.52616, -68.17064

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sumner Park: 2.9 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 3.1 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 3.8 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 22
Cliffs: 22
  • The Ovens: 7.6 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 10.7 mi
  • Central Slabs: 12.4 mi
  • The Alcove: 12.4 mi
  • Lower Wall: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 9.4 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 9.4 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 11.4 mi
Museums: 17
  • Hancock Historical Society: 4.2 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 9.4 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 10.0 mi
  • Historical Museum: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 1.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 9.4 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 9.8 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 10.6 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 9.4 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 9.4 mi
  • The Bubble: 13.5 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 14.2 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.8 mi
  • Long Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 16.1 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Double Arch: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 9.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 1.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Long Ledges Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSSW 192°466 m12.3 mi
Dorr MountainS 191°387 m12.1 mi
Tunk MountainNNE 26°325 m8.7 mi
Champlain MountainS 185°323 m12.2 mi
Schoodic MountainNNE 20°319 m3.5 mi
Black MountainNNE 32°304 m4.9 mi
Catherine MountainNNE 33°284 m7.5 mi
The WhitecapSSW 196°276 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365389246

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