Nature reserve · Maine
Spectacle Island Preserve
Spectacle Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Hunt Hill stands 106 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Lookout Retreat, a park 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Boothbay Region Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.85690, -69.67599
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- The Lookout Retreat: 0.2 mi
- Minneconcha Park: 0.3 mi
- Central Park: 0.4 mi
- Sheepscot Park: 0.5 mi
- Church Park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Indiantown Island Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Gregory Hiking Trail: 1.1 mi
- Beaver Pond Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Hendricks Head Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Loring Conant Preserve: 2.6 mi
Peaks
- McCobb Hill: 0.9 mi
- Beech Hill: 2.2 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.7 mi
- Tyler Hill: 2.8 mi
- Knubble: 2.8 mi
Museums: 36
- NeKrangan II Museum: 0.5 mi
- Boothbay Region Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Antique Auto Museum: 4.2 mi
- Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum: 4.6 mi
- Grand Banks Schooner Museum: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 34
- American Revolution Historical Site: 1.4 mi
- Boothbay Harbor Fire Fighter Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Southport Civil War Monument: 2.3 mi
- Boothbay Harbor War Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 2.4 mi
Beaches: 32
- Cole Beach: 2.2 mi
- Hendricks Head Beach: 2.3 mi
- South Beach: 3.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.1 mi
- Hotel Beach: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 30
- Windsound: 1.3 mi
- Flock of Birds: 1.3 mi
- Roskva: 1.4 mi
- Lilja: 1.4 mi
- Birk: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 27
- Arbor Garden: 1.3 mi
- Haney Hillside Garden: 1.3 mi
- Vayo Meditation Garden: 1.3 mi
- Restaurant Pavilion: 1.3 mi
- Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 1.5 mi
Gardens: 18
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.1 mi
- Sunken Garden: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Hockomock Head: 4.9 mi
- Morse Point: 10.3 mi
- The Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 19.3 mi
- Burnt Head: 19.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 6.2 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Spectacle Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Hill | NNE 23° | 106 m | 17.6 mi |
| Call Hill | N 350° | 105 m | 16.0 mi |
| Johnston Hill | NE 48° | 92 m | 16.4 mi |
| Wheeler Hill | NW 310° | 89 m | 18.3 mi |
| Kenniston Hill | NE 56° | 87 m | 3.3 mi |
| Oak Hill | W 280° | 85 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Hunger | NNE 23° | 83 m | 8.8 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | WSW 250° | 81 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:41 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westport Island, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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