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Schoodic Forest

Schoodic Forest from directly overhead

Schoodic Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west-southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Gouldsboro Town Park, a park 1.5 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.40791, -68.05749

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 58
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
  • Grant Park: 7.2 mi
  • Agamont Park: 7.3 mi
  • Harborview Park: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Rogers Point Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Sand Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Boulder Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Little Hunters Beach: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Coniferous Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 15
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 1.8 mi
  • Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 8.1 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Old Farm Estate: 7.1 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 7.3 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 7.5 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 8.1 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 8.1 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Attractions: 9
  • Schoodic Point: 5.2 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 7.4 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 7.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 8.8 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 9.3 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 8.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.2 mi
  • Long Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 7.4 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 20.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Double Arch: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 9.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Schoodic Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainWSW 245°466 m9.1 mi
Sargent MountainWSW 247°419 m11.6 mi
Dorr MountainWSW 245°387 m8.7 mi
Pemetic MountainWSW 242°380 m10.6 mi
Penobscot MountainWSW 243°360 m11.6 mi
Champlain MountainWSW 240°323 m7.8 mi
Dike PeakWSW 239°321 m9.7 mi
Schoodic MountainNNW 339°319 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:45
June solstice04:4919:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0615:0815:56

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365579001

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