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Pigeon Hill Preserve

Pigeon Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Pigeon Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeon Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.3 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Downeast Coastal Conservancy

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Getting there

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Coordinates44.45361, -67.89027

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 42
  • McClellan Park: 2.9 mi
  • Milbridge Baseball Field: 5.4 mi
  • Milbridge Commons: 5.5 mi
  • Milbridge Town Marina: 6.3 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 16.8 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 16.9 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Rogers Point Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Jordan Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Black Beach: 15.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Old Farm Estate: 15.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 16.0 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 16.3 mi
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 16.4 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 17.0 mi
Museums: 12
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 10.6 mi
  • Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Ruggles House Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 16.2 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Schoodic Point: 11.9 mi
  • Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 16.1 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 16.1 mi
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 16.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Long Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 17.6 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 23.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 3.3 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 15.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Baxter The Lobster: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Pigeon Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainNW 322°325 m16.3 mi
Champlain MountainWSW 245°323 m16.6 mi
Schoodic MountainWNW 303°319 m15.1 mi
Black MountainNW 309°304 m14.5 mi
Catherine MountainNW 319°284 m14.9 mi
Caribou MountainNW 315°259 m15.2 mi
Huguenot HeadWSW 246°222 m16.8 mi
Schoodic NubbleWNW 302°202 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4819:3620:20
September equinox06:1917:5318:31
December solstice07:0515:0715:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425260666659483827
Precip in4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/848541802

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