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Thomas Island Preserve

Thomas Island Preserve from directly overhead

Thomas Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Island Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.43269, -68.34154

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hadley Point Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Town Hill Playground: 2.4 mi
  • Lamoine State Park: 2.5 mi
  • Bloomfield Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lamoine Beach Park: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches: 42
Museums: 23
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 6.4 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Hancock Historical Society: 8.0 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 22
  • Yourcenar: 5.0 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 7.4 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 7.4 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 8.0 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 6.5 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 8.2 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Fern Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Birch Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 7.3 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 7.3 mi
  • The Bubble: 7.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 10.8 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 5.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 8.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Long Falls: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 3.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 9.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Thomas Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSE 133°466 m8.0 mi
Sargent MountainSSE 151°419 m7.0 mi
Dorr MountainSE 131°387 m8.2 mi
Pemetic MountainSE 145°380 m8.2 mi
Penobscot MountainSSE 152°360 m7.8 mi
Bernard MountainS 189°326 m9.1 mi
Champlain MountainSE 128°323 m9.2 mi
Dike PeakSE 139°321 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0718:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18789255

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