Nathan Island
Nathan Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south-southeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pell Island, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 27 mi
- Hawk Watch · 27 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 28 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pell Island: 0.5 mi
- Bills Island: 0.8 mi
- Round Island: 1.9 mi
- Wreck Island: 2.1 mi
- Gooseberry Island: 2.2 mi
- Coombs Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Chaplain: 2.2 mi
- Kimball Head: 2.2 mi
- Black Dina: 2.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Ledge Beach: 2.1 mi
- Mud Beach: 2.2 mi
- Goss Beach: 3.4 mi
- Sharks Point Beach: 4.1 mi
- Boom Beach: 4.6 mi
- Doliver Island: 2.8 mi
- Rabbits Ear Island: 2.9 mi
- Fog Island: 3.0 mi
- Small Cove Park: 4.3 mi
- Geary's Beach Town Park: 7.9 mi
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 4.4 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 8.0 mi
- Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum: 10.6 mi
- North Haven Museum: 12.4 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 12.4 mi
- Negro Head: 2.0 mi
- High Head: 12.9 mi
- Gull Ledges: 15.9 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 20.5 mi
- The Bluffs: 20.7 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 1.5 mi
- Sarah Smith Foundation: 9.8 mi
- Barn Foundation: 9.9 mi
- House Foundation: 10.0 mi
- Store Foundation: 10.1 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 12.5 mi
- Oil House: 17.1 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 17.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 17.1 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 10.4 mi
- Andre the Seal: 22.6 mi
- Sphere: 23.3 mi
- Puffin Wall: 23.5 mi
- Seagull: 23.5 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 20.7 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 21.2 mi
- Birch Spring: 24.0 mi
- Maple Spring: 24.5 mi
- Fern Spring: 24.9 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.3 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 22.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 23.9 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 23.6 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.6 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 23.6 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 4.8 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 21.0 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Nathan Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Mountain | SSE 164° | 148 m | 2.6 mi |
| Caterpillar Mountain | N 355° | 148 m | 16.3 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | SSE 161° | 144 m | 2.4 mi |
| Jerusalem Mountain | S 169° | 127 m | 3.3 mi |
| Winche Mountain | NNW 345° | 92 m | 16.8 mi |
| Duck Harbor Mountain | S 188° | 80 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wentworth Mountain | S 182° | 78 m | 3.9 mi |
| Goose Pond Mountain | ENE 73° | 74 m | 11.7 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 | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 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, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/18777904
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 17 mi
- Surry · 28 mi
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