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Sheep Island

Sheep Island from directly overhead

Sheep Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Jims Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.20498, -68.56722

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Jims Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Conary Head: 1.9 mi
  • High Head: 3.5 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Nature Area: 3.7 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 5.4 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 5.5 mi
Museums: 26
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Heath: 20.8 mi
  • Mountain: 20.8 mi
  • Meadow: 20.8 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 20.8 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 8.0 mi
  • Store Foundation: 8.1 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 8.1 mi
  • House Foundation: 8.2 mi
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 9.7 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Attractions: 7
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 12.4 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 15.1 mi
  • The Bubble: 18.1 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 20.1 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 20.4 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Birch Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Sheep Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainNE 55°326 m11.8 mi
Mansell MountainNE 55°289 m12.4 mi
Knight NubbleNE 55°283 m11.9 mi
Little NotchNE 55°271 m11.9 mi
Beech MountainENE 56°256 m13.2 mi
Western MountainNE 54°246 m11.9 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNW 331°148 m9.9 mi
Sawyer MountainSSW 195°148 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:47
June solstice04:5119:3820:22
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, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18778128

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