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Pine Hill Preserve

Pine Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Pine Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Blue Hill Mountain stands 281 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill Nature Area, a park 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.28465, -68.70176

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pine Hill Nature Area: 0.1 mi
  • Bridge End Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 4.1 mi
  • Walker Pond Heritage Park: 4.4 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
Museums: 37
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 18
Lighthouses: 9
Artworks: 9
Springs: 6
  • Lurvey Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Birch Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Vinal Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Tanglewood Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 22.3 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.8 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 24.9 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 18.2 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 21.5 mi
  • The Bubble: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Pine Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue Hill MountainNNE 28°281 m11.7 mi
Ducktrap MountainW 277°218 m15.3 mi
Beech HillWNW 284°205 m15.1 mi
Priest HillWNW 289°181 m15.2 mi
Mount PercivalWNW 292°153 m13.7 mi
Knowlton HillWNW 291°153 m15.3 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNE 30°148 m3.7 mi
Wallamatogus MountainN 352°141 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3920:23
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364138303

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