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Simon Trail Conservation Easement

Simon Trail Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Simon Trail Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bloomfield Park, a park 1.5 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.49186, -68.31354

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bloomfield Park: 1.5 mi
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lamoine State Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lamoine Beach Park: 3.0 mi
  • Hadley Point Beach: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches: 27
Cliffs: 24
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 8.1 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 10.3 mi
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 18
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 5.6 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 8.8 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 8.9 mi
  • Yourcenar: 9.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 10.1 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Fern Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 8.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 10.9 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 13.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 12.0 mi
  • Long Falls: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 4.4 mi
  • Double Arch: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 6.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Simon Trail Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSSE 155°466 m10.6 mi
Sargent MountainS 169°419 m10.5 mi
Dorr MountainSSE 153°387 m10.6 mi
Pemetic MountainSSE 163°380 m11.3 mi
Penobscot MountainSSE 168°360 m11.2 mi
Champlain MountainSSE 149°323 m11.4 mi
Dike PeakSSE 158°321 m11.6 mi
Schoodic MountainNE 56°319 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:4919:3820:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365369465

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