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Stave Island Preserve

Stave Island Preserve from directly overhead

Stave Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ash Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.43090, -68.13812

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sorrento Village Green: 3.7 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Grant Park: 4.2 mi
  • Agamont Park: 4.3 mi
  • Harborview Park: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 26
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 4.8 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 4.8 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 15
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 3.5 mi
  • Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 4.5 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 4.2 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 4.5 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 4.8 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 6.1 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 6.1 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 4.3 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 4.3 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 7.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 8.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 5.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 11.8 mi
  • Long Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 4.3 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Double Arch: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 6.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Stave Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSW 218°466 m6.9 mi
Sargent MountainSW 228°419 m9.0 mi
Dorr MountainSW 216°387 m6.5 mi
Pemetic MountainSW 219°380 m8.5 mi
Penobscot MountainSW 223°360 m9.3 mi
Champlain MountainSSW 207°323 m6.2 mi
Dike PeakSSW 213°321 m7.9 mi
Schoodic MountainN 358°319 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:21
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:0815:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365569523

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