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Schoodic Bog Preserve

Schoodic Bog Preserve from directly overhead

Schoodic Bog Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the north-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Schoodic Nubble, a peak 0.9 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

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Coordinates44.55865, -68.15580

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sumner Park: 4.1 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 4.3 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 6.1 mi
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • The Ovens: 9.9 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 13.0 mi
  • Central Slabs: 14.7 mi
  • The Alcove: 14.7 mi
  • Lower Wall: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 11.7 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 11.8 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 13.8 mi
Museums: 17
  • Hancock Historical Society: 5.3 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 11.8 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 11.8 mi
  • Historical Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 3.6 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 11.7 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 12.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 12.9 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 11.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 11.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 15.9 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 16.3 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 16.5 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 12.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 18.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Double Arch: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 11.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 3.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Schoodic Bog Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainNNE 29°325 m6.4 mi
Schoodic MountainNNE 24°319 m1.1 mi
Black MountainNE 45°304 m2.6 mi
Catherine MountainNE 40°284 m5.2 mi
Caribou MountainNNE 33°259 m4.1 mi
McFarland MountainSSW 204°220 m13.3 mi
Schoodic NubbleN 2°202 m0.9 mi
Peaked MountainE 90°201 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4819:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0815:56

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, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18793945

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