Sprague's Falls Preserve
Sprague's Falls Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the west, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Narraguagus Junction Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Downeast Salmon Federation
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 4.4 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 12.6 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 19.8 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 14 mi
- Frazer Point · 19 mi
- Overlook · 20 mi
- Beach · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sears Hill: 2.5 mi
- Spring River Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Catskin Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Fremont Peak: 2.8 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.9 mi
- Cable Pool Park: 3.5 mi
- Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 3.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Stewart Park: 4.4 mi
- Unionville Ballfield: 8.2 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 20.7 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 20.7 mi
- Newlin Garden: 20.7 mi
- COA Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- Coniferous Woods: 22.3 mi
- Black Beach: 8.2 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 8.5 mi
- Jordan Beach: 10.0 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 10.0 mi
- Rogers Point Beach: 11.8 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 18.6 mi
- The Ovens: 19.7 mi
- Ravens Nest: 20.7 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 13.8 mi
- The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 20.4 mi
- Eden's Civil War Monument: 20.8 mi
- Old Farm Estate: 21.2 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 22.5 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 12.6 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 15.4 mi
- Winter Harbor Historical Society: 17.9 mi
- Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 20.8 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 13.7 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 15.4 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 20.5 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 20.5 mi
- Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 20.9 mi
- Long Falls: 3.0 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 18.5 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 21.3 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 22.6 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 23.1 mi
- Big Chief Spring: 14.8 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 21.9 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 22.4 mi
- Fern Spring: 24.9 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 16.7 mi
- Petit Manan Light: 20.1 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 21.4 mi
- Double Arch: 15.9 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 19.7 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 20.6 mi
- Water Street Mural: 22.7 mi
- Long Cove: 13.2 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Sprague's Falls Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunk Mountain | W 266° | 325 m | 5.2 mi |
| Schoodic Mountain | WSW 238° | 319 m | 9.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 238° | 304 m | 7.6 mi |
| Catherine Mountain | WSW 249° | 284 m | 5.3 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | WSW 248° | 259 m | 6.5 mi |
| Schoodic Nubble | WSW 239° | 202 m | 9.6 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | SW 218° | 201 m | 7.5 mi |
| Blackwood Mountain | SSW 212° | 194 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:07 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/18800001
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