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Shore Acres Preserve

Shore Acres Preserve from directly overhead

Shore Acres Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Nature Area, a park 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.22120, -68.63139

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Nature Area: 0.3 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 2.1 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 2.1 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 4.8 mi
Peaks
  • Brays Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Conary Head: 2.6 mi
  • Jims Hill: 3.2 mi
  • High Head: 3.7 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums: 29
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 23
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 10.0 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 11.2 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 11.4 mi
  • Store Foundation: 11.4 mi
  • House Foundation: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Tanglewood Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Heath: 23.1 mi
  • Mountain: 23.1 mi
  • Meadow: 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Attractions: 7
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 13.3 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 18.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 20.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 22.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 23.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Birch Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 19.7 mi
Artworks: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Shore Acres Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainENE 66°326 m14.0 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNW 348°148 m7.8 mi
Sawyer MountainS 177°148 m11.1 mi
Rocky MountainS 177°144 m10.9 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 178°127 m11.8 mi
Bald MountainENE 67°121 m13.2 mi
Stover HillN 7°109 m12.2 mi
Seven Star HillN 9°108 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:23
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231425361676759483727
Precip in4.13.64.24.33.74.53.13.13.95.14.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364142503

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