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Popple Hill Preserve

Popple Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Popple Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Poplar Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.6 miles off.

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What to expect

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Downeast Salmon Federation
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Coordinates44.69090, -67.98320

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 47
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 6.1 mi
  • Cable Pool Park: 6.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
  • Stewart Park: 7.0 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Black Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Jordan Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Molasses Pond Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 8
  • Ruggles House Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Hancock Historical Society: 17.4 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 21.1 mi
  • Historical Museum: 21.2 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Long Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 5
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 13.8 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 15.5 mi
  • Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 22.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 23.4 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 23.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Gardens: 4
Springs: 2
  • Big Chief Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 24.8 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 18.7 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 23.5 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 15.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Popple Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lead MountainNNW 333°439 m13.5 mi
Pleasant MountainN 353°414 m13.9 mi
Tunk MountainWSW 237°325 m6.5 mi
Spruce MountainNNW 346°321 m10.3 mi
Schoodic MountainSW 225°319 m11.4 mi
Black MountainSW 222°304 m9.8 mi
Catherine MountainSW 225°284 m7.3 mi
Caribou MountainSW 228°259 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4719:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5318:31
December solstice07:0715:0615:55

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, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365858674

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