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Wreck Island

Wreck Island from directly overhead

Wreck Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.12692, -68.63526

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Mud Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Ledge Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Sand Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Goss Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Sharks Point Beach: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Small Cove Park: 2.4 mi
  • Fog Island: 3.6 mi
  • Doliver Island: 4.4 mi
  • Rabbits Ear Island: 4.5 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 12
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 3.5 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 9.5 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 9.7 mi
  • House Foundation: 9.8 mi
  • Store Foundation: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Artworks: 6
Springs: 5
  • Lurvey Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 6.9 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 20.1 mi
  • The Bubble: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Vinal Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 20.6 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 22.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 22.4 mi
  • Tanglewood Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Wreck Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainS 171°148 m4.6 mi
Caterpillar MountainN 354°148 m14.2 mi
Rocky MountainS 170°144 m4.4 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 173°127 m5.3 mi
Winche MountainNNW 343°92 m14.8 mi
Duck Harbor MountainS 185°80 m7.2 mi
Wentworth MountainS 181°78 m6.0 mi
Goose Pond MountainE 84°74 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0715:1215:59

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, 25 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • rugosa rose10 obs
  • Lingonberry8 obs
  • Sea Plantain8 obs
  • Carolina Sea Lavender8 obs
  • common milkweed4 obs
  • Jonah Crab4 obs
  • black crowberry4 obs
  • Northern Red Belt4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/21859774

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