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Pond Island Preserve

Pond Island Preserve from directly overhead

Pond Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hill Bay Light, a lighthouse 2.0 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.22414, -68.47569

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Fine Sand Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Seal Cove Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Fire Ponds: 5.5 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 5.7 mi
  • Brooklin Recreation Field: 5.9 mi
Beaches
Museums: 27
Cliffs: 25
Historic sites: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Heath: 16.3 mi
  • Mountain: 16.3 mi
  • Meadow: 16.3 mi
  • Roadside: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 10.4 mi
  • The Bubble: 13.6 mi
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 15.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 15.7 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Birch Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Fern Spring: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Man O War Waterfall: 10.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 16.6 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Pond Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainNE 44°326 m7.5 mi
Gilmore PeakNE 51°316 m12.5 mi
Bald PeakNE 51°297 m12.2 mi
Mansell MountainNE 45°289 m8.0 mi
Parkman MountainNE 50°287 m12.3 mi
Knight NubbleNE 43°283 m7.6 mi
Cedar Swamp MountainNE 54°283 m12.2 mi
Little NotchNE 43°271 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3720:22
September equinox06:2217:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1115:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18779295

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