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Turtle Island Preserve

Turtle Island Preserve from directly overhead

Turtle Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Winter Harbor Lighthouse, a lighthouse 0.6 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.35954, -68.09972

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 4.9 mi
  • Grant Park: 5.4 mi
  • Village Green: 5.6 mi
  • Agamont Park: 5.6 mi
  • Glen Mary Park: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 30
Gardens: 21
  • Coniferous Woods: 5.3 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 5.3 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 5.3 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 5.3 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 18
  • Old Farm Estate: 4.7 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 5.3 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 5.3 mi
  • Bates Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 5.4 mi
Museums: 15
  • Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 2.5 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.6 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 6.5 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Schoodic Point: 2.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 5.1 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 5.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.6 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.1 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 11.1 mi
  • Long Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 20.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Double Arch: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 11.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Turtle Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainW 266°466 m6.2 mi
Sargent MountainW 263°419 m8.7 mi
Dorr MountainW 267°387 m5.8 mi
Pemetic MountainWSW 257°380 m7.4 mi
Penobscot MountainWSW 257°360 m8.5 mi
Champlain MountainW 263°323 m4.7 mi
Dike PeakWSW 255°321 m6.4 mi
Gilmore PeakW 261°316 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4919:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:0915:56

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18796986

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