Mark Island
Mark Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Beach, a beach 1.5 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Island Heritage Trust
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 28 mi
- Hawk Watch · 28 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 29 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sand Beach: 1.5 mi
- Ledge Beach: 3.2 mi
- Mud Beach: 3.2 mi
- Big Beach: 5.9 mi
- Lily Pond Beach: 6.6 mi
- Burnt Hill: 1.7 mi
- Stinson Point: 2.7 mi
- Kimball Head: 4.4 mi
- Cooms Hill: 5.2 mi
- Coombs Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Small Cove Park: 2.5 mi
- Burnt Island Conservation Area: 5.4 mi
- Mariner's Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 6.2 mi
- Geary's Beach Town Park: 6.6 mi
- Green Island: 2.6 mi
- Barred Island Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Crockett Cove Woods Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Little Camp Island: 3.3 mi
- Wreck Island: 3.4 mi
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 2.4 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 4.6 mi
- North Haven Museum: 8.6 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum: 9.0 mi
- Negro Head: 6.2 mi
- Gull Ledges: 13.0 mi
- High Head: 15.6 mi
- The Bluffs: 16.7 mi
- Spruce Head: 17.7 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 4.8 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Sarah Smith Foundation: 12.8 mi
- Barn Foundation: 13.0 mi
- House Foundation: 13.1 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 12.9 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 17.8 mi
- Oil House: 19.1 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 19.1 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 8.9 mi
- Andre the Seal: 18.8 mi
- Sphere: 20.1 mi
- Puffin Wall: 20.2 mi
- Seagull: 20.2 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 8.5 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 22.9 mi
- Prison Show Room: 24.6 mi
- The Wall: 24.6 mi
- Vinal Falls: 7.7 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 23.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 24.9 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 19.4 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 20.4 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 21.7 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 22.3 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Mark Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Mountain | SE 141° | 148 m | 6.5 mi |
| Caterpillar Mountain | N 8° | 148 m | 13.7 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | SE 140° | 144 m | 6.4 mi |
| Jerusalem Mountain | SE 146° | 127 m | 7.0 mi |
| Winche Mountain | N 356° | 92 m | 13.7 mi |
| Backwood Mountain | NNW 345° | 82 m | 15.3 mi |
| Duck Harbor Mountain | SSE 161° | 80 m | 8.1 mi |
| Wentworth Mountain | SSE 154° | 78 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:38 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 22 mi away.
- rugosa rose22 obs
- Canadian bunchberry21 obs
- seaside pea13 obs
- Knotted Wrack11 obs
- Harbor Seal9 obs
- Common Sunburst Lichen8 obs
- Black Guillemot7 obs
- Sea Plantain7 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/21858546
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 19 mi
- Surry · 27 mi
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