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Tommy's Island Preserve

Tommy's Island Preserve from directly overhead

Tommy's Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheeler Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Georges River Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.98959, -69.19406

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • St. George Sports Fields & Tennis Courts: 2.5 mi
  • Fort St. Georges Historic Site: 2.5 mi
  • Kevin's Landing: 2.9 mi
  • Good Neighbors Park: 3.2 mi
  • Cushing Field: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • Foggs Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Mosquito Head: 4.0 mi
  • Limestone Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Gooseberry Knob: 7.0 mi
  • Ingraham Hill: 7.6 mi
Museums: 42
Beaches: 36
  • Drift Inn Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Lucia Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Crockett's Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Walker's Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Sphere: 8.7 mi
  • Lobster: 8.9 mi
  • Seagull: 9.1 mi
  • Puffin Wall: 9.1 mi
  • Recycle Art: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 21
  • The Wall: 6.0 mi
  • Prison Show Room: 6.1 mi
  • La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 15.1 mi
  • Asst. Keeper's House-Gallery-Offic: 16.7 mi
  • Sumaria Event Center: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 18
Gardens: 7
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Wiley's Corner Spring: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Tommy's Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MegunticookNNE 20°419 m18.5 mi
Ragged MountainN 8°390 m15.6 mi
Bald MountainN 10°384 m16.8 mi
Little Ragged Mountain SummitN 7°375 m16.3 mi
Hatchet MountainN 3°330 m18.7 mi
Pleasant MountainN 3°313 m13.6 mi
Spruce MountainN 5°291 m14.1 mi
Simmons HillN 357°288 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1118:49
June solstice04:5519:4020:24
September equinox06:2517:5818:36
December solstice07:0915:1516:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262834435259656560514133
Precip in4.03.54.54.23.53.83.12.84.04.74.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tenants Harbor, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1356054324

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