Nature reserve · Maine

Sheep Island Preserve

Sheep Island Preserve from directly overhead

Sheep Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Peaked Mountain stands 201 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Birch Island, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.5 miles off.

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Operated by: Downeast Coastal Conservancy

Getting there

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Coordinates44.50966, -67.75080

6.5 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
11.4 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
16.5 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
23.9 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY

Overlooks nearby

Beach · 18 mi
Frazer Point · 18 mi
Overlook · 18 mi
Frenchman Bay Overlook · 23 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Tumbledown Dick Head: 2.5 mi
Hardwood Hill: 4.0 mi
Baldwin Head: 5.3 mi
Turner Hill: 5.5 mi
Lookout Mountain: 6.1 mi

Nature reserves57

Parks31

West River Town Landing: 5.0 mi
McClellan Park: 5.3 mi
Milbridge Commons: 6.6 mi
Milbridge Town Marina: 6.7 mi
Milbridge Baseball Field: 6.9 mi

Gardens20

Turrets Seaside Garden: 24.4 mi
Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 24.5 mi
Newlin Garden: 24.5 mi
COA Community Garden: 24.6 mi
Coniferous Woods: 24.7 mi

Beaches18

Cliffs13

Raven Cliff: 11.3 mi
Devil's Stairway: 13.2 mi
Ravens Nest: 19.3 mi
Jasper Head: 20.6 mi
The Rim: 22.8 mi

Museums8

Ruggles House Museum: 9.8 mi
Winter Harbor Historical Society: 18.4 mi
Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
Gates House Museum: 21.8 mi
Abbe Museum: 24.0 mi

Historic sites8

Paul Dudley Sargent: 22.6 mi
Old Farm Estate: 23.7 mi
The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 23.8 mi
Eden's Civil War Monument: 24.0 mi
Abandoned Coast Guard Life Saving Station: 24.5 mi

Attractions7

Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 8.3 mi
World's Largest Lobster Trap: 9.9 mi
Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 10.4 mi
Schoodic Point: 19.6 mi
Burnham Tavern Museum: 20.1 mi

Waterfalls5

Long Falls: 17.9 mi
Bad Little Falls: 20.1 mi
Bad Little Falls: 20.1 mi
Bad Little Falls: 20.2 mi
Upper Holmes Falls: 20.2 mi

Lighthouses4

Petit Manan Light: 11.3 mi
Prospect Harbor Point Light: 14.9 mi
Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
Egg Rock Light Station: 21.9 mi

Springs3

Big Chief Spring: 15.7 mi
Red Rock Spring: 24.8 mi
Sieur de Monts Spring: 24.8 mi

Natural arches1

Double Arch: 5.7 mi

Rest areas1

Long Cove: 21.5 mi

Artworks1

Baxter The Lobster: 23.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Sheep Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Peaked Mountain	WNW 282°	201 m	16.6 mi
Blackwood Mountain	WNW 283°	194 m	15.7 mi
McCabe Mountain	WNW 299°	181 m	17.0 mi
Round Mountain	WNW 296°	171 m	13.9 mi
Peaked Mountain	N 7°	168 m	17.4 mi
Anderson Pond Nubble	WNW 302°	155 m	17.7 mi
Spring River Mountain	WNW 301°	144 m	16.2 mi
Patten Hill	N 7°	143 m	16.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:35	18:05	18:43
June solstice	04:47	19:35	20:20
September equinox	06:19	17:52	18:30
December solstice	07:05	15:06	15:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	19	22	31	42	52	60	66	66	59	48	38	27
Precip in	4.3	3.8	4.6	4.3	3.9	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.5	5.0	5.1	5.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1367249238

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