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Salt Pond Preserve

Salt Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Salt Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Carters Beach Corridor, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.47869, -68.23492

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 2.3 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 2.5 mi
  • Lamoine Beach Park: 2.8 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 3.5 mi
  • Sumner Park: 3.6 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 21
  • The Ovens: 3.2 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 7.7 mi
  • Central Slabs: 9.3 mi
  • The Alcove: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Wall: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 5.8 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 8.1 mi
Museums: 17
  • Hancock Historical Society: 3.7 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 5.8 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 3.3 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 6.2 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 6.5 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 7.5 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 8.4 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 6.2 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 6.2 mi
  • The Bubble: 9.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 11.2 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 6.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 11.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Long Falls: 16.1 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 3.2 mi
  • Double Arch: 20.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 6.3 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 3.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Salt Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainS 176°466 m8.7 mi
Sargent MountainSSW 192°419 m9.5 mi
Dorr MountainS 174°387 m8.6 mi
Pemetic MountainS 183°380 m9.9 mi
Penobscot MountainS 189°360 m10.2 mi
Champlain MountainSSE 167°323 m9.1 mi
Dike PeakS 177°321 m9.9 mi
Schoodic MountainNNE 34°319 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0815:57

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365388075

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