Penobscot Shore Preserve
Penobscot Shore Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the west, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Heagan Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coastal Mountains Land Trust
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 29.3 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Heagan Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Eustis Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mosquito Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Olive: 2.0 mi
- Mount Tuck: 2.5 mi
- Reggie Ginn Field: 1.6 mi
- Battery A: 1.8 mi
- Bucksport Recreational Facility: 1.8 mi
- Mendall Marsh Park: 1.8 mi
- Fort Knox State Historic Site: 1.9 mi
- Mount Waldo Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Verona Island Water Access: 6.1 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West): 6.7 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East): 6.9 mi
- Hancock Pond Water Access: 7.0 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 5.5 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 13.0 mi
- MMA Beach: 13.8 mi
- Spragues Beach: 14.5 mi
- Hales Beach: 15.5 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 1.8 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 3.6 mi
- Telephone Museum: 13.3 mi
- Castine Historical Society: 13.5 mi
- Cole Land Transportation Museum: 13.9 mi
- The Whale: 1.9 mi
- Before The Wind: 1.9 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 14.3 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 14.7 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 15.0 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 11.7 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 14.2 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 14.3 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 15.1 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 15.1 mi
- Fort Knox: 1.8 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 2.2 mi
- Fort Pownall: 8.1 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 13.5 mi
- The Bluffs: 11.1 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 11.2 mi
- Rider Bluff: 13.0 mi
- The Bluff: 16.9 mi
- The Bluffs: 17.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 14.7 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 15.4 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 16.2 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 22.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.8 mi
- Monroe Falls: 10.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.9 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Penobscot Shore Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Waldo | W 265° | 320 m | 3.3 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | E 82° | 291 m | 8.0 mi |
| Flag Hill | E 83° | 270 m | 10.3 mi |
| Kings Mountain | NNE 31° | 256 m | 7.0 mi |
| Flying Moose Mountain | E 79° | 245 m | 10.3 mi |
| Dodge Hill | ENE 64° | 234 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Ephraim | SW 236° | 226 m | 7.5 mi |
| Oak Hill | E 88° | 223 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:10 | 15:59 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1359417746
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