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Tills Point Preserve

Tills Point Preserve from directly overhead

Tills Point Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Perkins Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.43574, -68.73888

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sherm Perkins Park: 2.3 mi
  • Jim Henry Field: 2.4 mi
  • Castine Town Common: 4.3 mi
  • Fort George State Park: 4.5 mi
  • Fort Point State Park: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 52
Museums: 29
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 7
Artworks: 6
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 22.4 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 24.8 mi
Attractions: 5
Springs: 5
  • Lurvey Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Birch Spring: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Tanglewood Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Children's Garden: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Tills Point Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WaldoNW 322°320 m12.7 mi
Great Pond MountainNNE 17°291 m11.9 mi
Blue Hill MountainE 91°281 m7.3 mi
Flag HillNNE 27°270 m12.9 mi
Flying Moose MountainNNE 25°245 m13.5 mi
Mount EphraimWNW 300°226 m12.3 mi
Oak HillNNE 29°223 m12.2 mi
Dutch MountainNW 317°200 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5119:3920:24
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:0915:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1363873751

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