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McKenney Preserve

McKenney Preserve from directly overhead

McKenney Preserve is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hill Bay Light, a lighthouse 2.0 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.27570, -68.48469

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Brooklin Recreation Field: 3.6 mi
  • Seal Cove Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 7.8 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 7.8 mi
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 7.9 mi
Beaches
Museums: 27
Cliffs: 27
Historic sites: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Heath: 14.9 mi
  • Mountain: 14.9 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 14.9 mi
  • Meadow: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Lurvey Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Birch Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 10.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 12.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 14.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 15.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Man O War Waterfall: 8.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of McKenney Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainENE 66°419 m11.4 mi
Penobscot MountainENE 70°360 m11.5 mi
Bernard MountainENE 72°326 m5.9 mi
Gilmore PeakENE 67°316 m11.0 mi
Bald PeakENE 67°297 m10.8 mi
Mansell MountainENE 71°289 m6.5 mi
Parkman MountainENE 66°287 m10.7 mi
Knight NubbleENE 71°283 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1015:58

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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364382267

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