Turtle Head Preserve
Turtle Head Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 331 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Spragues Beach, a beach 0.8 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Islesboro Islands Trust
How to reach it
- 25.5 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Kedears Hill: 1.3 mi
- Defence Head: 3.9 mi
- Whites Head: 4.2 mi
- Mount Percival: 4.5 mi
- Backwood Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Hinkle Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Blueberry Hill Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Hutchins Marsh Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Mill Dam Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Herbert Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Fort Griffith: 3.3 mi
- Fort Madison: 3.5 mi
- Fort George State Park: 3.7 mi
- Battle Avenue Fields: 3.7 mi
- Castine Town Common: 4.1 mi
- Spragues Beach: 0.8 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 3.4 mi
- MMA Beach: 4.1 mi
- Billys Shore: 4.6 mi
- Big Tree Beach: 4.6 mi
- Wilson Museum: 3.7 mi
- Castine Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- The Good Life Center: 5.4 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 5.7 mi
- Belfast Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 2.8 mi
- The Bluffs: 3.5 mi
- The Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 5.8 mi
- Spruce Head: 8.2 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 4.1 mi
- Fort Pownall: 6.4 mi
- Fort Knox: 12.8 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 13.3 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 20.7 mi
- Before The Wind: 13.2 mi
- The Whale: 13.2 mi
- Andre the Seal: 17.0 mi
- Puffin Wall: 22.6 mi
- Seagull: 22.6 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 10.2 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 22.8 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.5 mi
- Dye Garden: 24.6 mi
- Monroe Falls: 16.5 mi
- Vinal Falls: 21.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 24.7 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 21.3 mi
- Dome home: 18.8 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Turtle Head Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Rock Mountain | SW 224° | 331 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Waldo | N 357° | 320 m | 13.2 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | WSW 251° | 317 m | 12.9 mi |
| Cameron Mountain | SW 229° | 244 m | 12.9 mi |
| Garey Mountain | SW 223° | 239 m | 11.4 mi |
| Derry Mountain | SW 224° | 231 m | 10.7 mi |
| Patterson Hill | W 262° | 227 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Ephraim | NNW 339° | 226 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:11 | 15:59 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1357928270
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 13 mi
- Orland · 14 mi
- Surry · 19 mi
- Ellsworth · 24 mi
- Acadia National Park · 30 mi
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