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Sprague's Falls Preserve

Sprague's Falls Preserve from directly overhead

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.

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What to expect

Operated by
Downeast Salmon Federation
Getting there

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Coordinates44.64438, -67.98744

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 48
  • 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
Gardens: 20
  • 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
Beaches: 19
  • 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
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 10
  • 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
Museums: 9
  • 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
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Springs: 4
  • Big Chief Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 15.9 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 19.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 20.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainW 266°325 m5.2 mi
Schoodic MountainWSW 238°319 m9.3 mi
Black MountainWSW 238°304 m7.6 mi
Catherine MountainWSW 249°284 m5.3 mi
Caribou MountainWSW 248°259 m6.5 mi
Schoodic NubbleWSW 239°202 m9.6 mi
Peaked MountainSW 218°201 m7.5 mi
Blackwood MountainSSW 212°194 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4719:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5318:31
December solstice07:0715:0715:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425260666659483827
Precip in4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 17 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18800001

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