Placentia Island Preserve
Placentia Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Island Preserve, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Nature Conservancy
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 18.2 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 13 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 13 mi
- Hawk Watch · 13 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Island Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Acadia National Park: 2.1 mi
- Great Gott Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- West Sister Island Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Fire Ponds: 2.2 mi
- Bass Harbor Light Station: 2.6 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 4.8 mi
- Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 5.6 mi
- Fine Sand Beach: 6.2 mi
- Stockbridge Hill: 3.5 mi
- Goose Pond Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Big Rocks: 3.9 mi
- Big Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Burnt Hill: 4.8 mi
- Joyce Beach: 2.3 mi
- Cobble Beach: 3.1 mi
- Back Beach: 3.2 mi
- Hero Beach: 4.5 mi
- Whale Beach: 4.6 mi
- High Head: 2.4 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 8.4 mi
- Canada Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Pierce Head: 8.5 mi
- Beach Cliff: 9.0 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 9.4 mi
- Roadside: 14.2 mi
- Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Meadow: 14.2 mi
- Heath: 14.2 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 2.6 mi
- Store Foundation: 5.4 mi
- House Foundation: 5.5 mi
- Barn Foundation: 5.6 mi
- Sarah Smith Foundation: 5.7 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 6.7 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 7.8 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 7.9 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 8.2 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 2.6 mi
- Bell House: 2.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 2.6 mi
- Oil House: 2.6 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 6.4 mi
- The Bubble: 11.7 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 12.1 mi
- Thunder Hole: 12.5 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 16.0 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 7.9 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 8.0 mi
- Birch Spring: 10.5 mi
- Maple Spring: 11.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 11.8 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 9.2 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 10.6 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 15.3 mi
- Vinal Falls: 24.8 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 15.9 mi
- Water Street Mural: 24.4 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 17.9 mi
- Long Cove: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Placentia Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sargent Mountain | NNE 23° | 419 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | NNE 30° | 380 m | 11.6 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | NNE 26° | 360 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | N 357° | 326 m | 7.8 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | NNE 22° | 316 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 22° | 297 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | N 1° | 289 m | 8.0 mi |
| Parkman Mountain | NNE 21° | 287 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:10 | 15:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/18787127
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 3 mi
- Surry · 22 mi
- Ellsworth · 27 mi
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