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Taft Point Preserve

Taft Point Preserve from directly overhead

Taft Point Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Pond Recreation Area, a park 1.8 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.46549, -68.11207

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 3.6 mi
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 5.8 mi
  • Agamont Park: 6.9 mi
  • Grant Park: 6.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 23
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 7.2 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 7.3 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 16
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 5.0 mi
  • Historical Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 7.1 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 7.3 mi
  • Hancock Historical Society: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 6.2 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 6.8 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 7.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 7.5 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 8.8 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Fern Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 6.9 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 6.9 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 9.5 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 10.7 mi
  • The Bubble: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 8.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Long Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.3 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 6.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Double Arch: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 5.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Taft Point Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSW 215°466 m9.5 mi
Sargent MountainSW 223°419 m11.6 mi
Dorr MountainSW 214°387 m9.2 mi
Pemetic MountainSW 216°380 m11.2 mi
Champlain MountainSSW 207°323 m8.9 mi
Dike PeakSSW 212°321 m10.6 mi
Schoodic MountainNNW 347°319 m7.6 mi
Black MountainN 358°304 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365389244

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