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Lookout Rock Preserve

Lookout Rock Preserve from directly overhead

Lookout Rock Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Blue Hill Mountain stands 281 m to the northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Gull Ledges, a cliff 0.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.31813, -68.70969

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bridge End Park: 2.1 mi
  • Pine Hill Nature Area: 2.3 mi
  • Walker Pond Heritage Park: 2.4 mi
  • Holbrook Island Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 6.5 mi
Beaches
Museums: 38
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 18
Artworks: 9
Lighthouses: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Tanglewood Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 22.7 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 24.6 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 24.7 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 24.7 mi
Springs: 6
  • Lurvey Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Birch Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Vinal Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 20.6 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 22.2 mi
  • The Bubble: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Lookout Rock Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue Hill MountainNE 36°281 m9.9 mi
Ducktrap MountainW 269°218 m14.8 mi
Beech HillW 276°205 m14.3 mi
Priest HillW 280°181 m14.2 mi
Fletcher HillNNW 329°177 m15.1 mi
Bird HillW 278°174 m15.8 mi
Mount PercivalWNW 283°153 m12.7 mi
Knowlton HillWNW 283°153 m14.2 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, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364057603

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