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West Sister Island Preserve

West Sister Island Preserve from directly overhead

West Sister Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is High Head, a cliff 1.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.14191, -68.38039

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 59
  • Fire Ponds: 2.0 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 2.9 mi
  • Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 3.4 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Bass Harbor Light Station: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 52
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Roadside: 17.5 mi
  • Meadow: 17.5 mi
  • Mountain: 17.5 mi
  • Heath: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 18
Lighthouses: 12
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 9.4 mi
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 13.9 mi
  • The Bubble: 15.0 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 15.1 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 15.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Jesuit Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Birch Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Maple Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 12.6 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 18.7 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of West Sister Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainN 2°326 m11.1 mi
Bald PeakNNE 20°297 m14.2 mi
Mansell MountainN 5°289 m11.4 mi
Knight NubbleN 2°283 m11.2 mi
Cedar Swamp MountainNNE 22°283 m13.9 mi
Little NotchN 2°271 m11.2 mi
Norumbega MountainNNE 18°260 m13.3 mi
Beech MountainN 9°256 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0615:1115:58

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, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18779273

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