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Ned Island Preserve

Ned Island Preserve from directly overhead

Ned Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Winter Harbor Lighthouse, a lighthouse 0.3 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.36633, -68.09046

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 4.3 mi
  • Grant Park: 5.7 mi
  • Village Green: 5.8 mi
  • Agamont Park: 5.9 mi
  • Harborview Park: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 31
Gardens: 21
  • Coniferous Woods: 5.8 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 5.8 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 5.8 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 5.8 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 18
  • Old Farm Estate: 5.1 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 5.8 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 5.8 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 5.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 5.9 mi
Museums: 14
  • Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 2.0 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.9 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 6.8 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Schoodic Point: 2.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 5.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.9 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.9 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.4 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 11.6 mi
  • Long Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 20.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.0 mi
  • Double Arch: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 11.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Ned Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainW 262°466 m6.7 mi
Sargent MountainW 260°419 m9.2 mi
Dorr MountainW 263°387 m6.3 mi
Pemetic MountainWSW 254°380 m8.0 mi
Penobscot MountainWSW 255°360 m9.0 mi
Champlain MountainWSW 258°323 m5.2 mi
Dike PeakWSW 253°321 m7.0 mi
Gilmore PeakWSW 259°316 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4919:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:0815:56

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18796885

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