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North Perry Creek Preserve

North Perry Creek Preserve from directly overhead

North Perry Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is A.W. Smith Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Vinalhaven Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.11571, -68.87940

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Middle Mountain Town Park: 0.9 mi
  • The Ball Field: 1.0 mi
  • Tip Toe Mountain Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • Isle Au Haut Mountain Town Park: 4.2 mi
  • Burnt Island Conservation Area: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Old Ferry Landing Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Eleanor L. Campbell Preserve Polly Cove Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Narrow Place Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Izzy's Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Big Beach: 4.4 mi
Museums: 37
Historic sites: 11
Cliffs: 10
Artworks: 6
Gardens: 4
Attractions: 3
Waterfalls: 1
Springs: 1
  • Wiley's Corner Spring: 17.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of North Perry Creek Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MegunticookNW 313°419 m12.7 mi
Ragged MountainWNW 297°390 m15.0 mi
Bald MountainWNW 302°384 m15.0 mi
Bald Rock MountainNW 322°331 m13.3 mi
Cameron MountainNW 317°244 m14.3 mi
Mount BattieNW 308°240 m11.9 mi
Garey MountainNW 324°239 m13.1 mi
Derry MountainNW 326°231 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:1018:48
June solstice04:5319:3920:23
September equinox06:2317:5718:35
December solstice07:0815:1316:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435362686861493928
Precip in4.84.25.05.24.24.53.23.44.56.15.35.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1355579118

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