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Saddleback Island Preserve

Saddleback Island Preserve from directly overhead

Saddleback Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2004
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.14625, -68.58373

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Mud Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Ledge Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Sand Cove Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Sand Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Sand Beach: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Jims Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Coombs Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Devils Head: 5.1 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 5.6 mi
Parks
  • Fog Island: 3.3 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 3.9 mi
  • Doliver Island: 5.1 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Rabbits Ear Island: 5.3 mi
Museums: 25
Cliffs: 24
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Heath: 23.8 mi
  • Mountain: 23.8 mi
  • Meadow: 23.8 mi
  • Roadside: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 5.8 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 7.0 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 7.2 mi
  • House Foundation: 7.3 mi
  • Store Foundation: 7.3 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Birch Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 8.2 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 17.2 mi
  • The Bubble: 21.1 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 22.6 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Saddleback Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainNE 44°326 m15.0 mi
Knight NubbleNE 44°283 m15.2 mi
Little NotchNE 44°271 m15.1 mi
Western MountainNE 43°246 m15.2 mi
Sawyer MountainSSW 197°148 m6.2 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNW 343°148 m13.4 mi
Rocky MountainSSW 197°144 m6.0 mi
Jerusalem MountainSSW 196°127 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0715:1115:59

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, 23 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1239468930

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