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Sam Ball Woods Preserve

Sam Ball Woods Preserve from directly overhead

Sam Ball Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ball Field Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Crabtree Neck Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.48894, -68.24483

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 2.2 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 2.9 mi
  • Sumner Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lamoine Beach Park: 2.9 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 22
  • The Ovens: 3.7 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 8.6 mi
  • Central Slabs: 10.1 mi
  • The Alcove: 10.1 mi
  • Lower Wall: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 8.9 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 2.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 7.0 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 7.3 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 8.3 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 9.2 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 7.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 7.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 10.3 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 12.0 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 6.7 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 12.3 mi
  • Long Falls: 15.9 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 3.6 mi
  • Double Arch: 21.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 7.1 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 3.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Sam Ball Woods Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainS 174°466 m9.5 mi
Sargent MountainS 188°419 m10.2 mi
Dorr MountainS 171°387 m9.4 mi
Pemetic MountainS 180°380 m10.6 mi
Penobscot MountainS 186°360 m10.8 mi
Champlain MountainSSE 165°323 m9.9 mi
Dike PeakS 175°321 m10.6 mi
Schoodic MountainNE 40°319 m7.6 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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365563609

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