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Millet Island

Millet Island from directly overhead

Millet Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddleback Island Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
13 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Island Hertage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.14457, -68.59655

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Mud Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Ledge Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Sand Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Sand Cove Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Sand Beach: 6.0 mi
Peaks
  • Jims Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Coombs Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Mount Chaplain: 5.4 mi
Parks
  • Small Cove Park: 3.3 mi
  • Fog Island: 3.3 mi
  • Doliver Island: 5.0 mi
  • Rabbits Ear Island: 5.2 mi
  • Nature Area: 5.8 mi
Museums: 24
Cliffs: 24
Historic sites: 18
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 5.3 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 7.6 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 7.8 mi
  • House Foundation: 7.9 mi
  • Store Foundation: 7.9 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Tanglewood Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Heath: 24.4 mi
  • Mountain: 24.4 mi
  • Meadow: 24.4 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Birch Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.3 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 8.0 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 17.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 21.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 23.3 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 18.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Millet Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainSSW 191°148 m5.9 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNW 346°148 m13.3 mi
Rocky MountainSSW 191°144 m5.7 mi
Jerusalem MountainSSW 191°127 m6.7 mi
Bald MountainNE 45°121 m14.8 mi
Winche MountainNNW 334°92 m14.4 mi
Duck Harbor MountainSSW 197°80 m8.8 mi
Wentworth MountainSSW 196°78 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0715:1215:59

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, 23 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/21859779

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