Seal Cove Shore Preserve

Seal Cove Shore Preserve is a nature reserve in Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine. Seal Cove Shore Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Back Narrows, as well as near East Boothbay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Witch Island and Fort William Henry.

Witch Island

Islet

Witch Island is an approximately 18-acre wildlife sanctuary off the coast of South Bristol, Maine, United States. Witch Island received its name from Anna Chittenden.

Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine. The fort was, in its time, the largest in New England. The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of Pemaquid.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, founded in 1974, is an independent, non-profit oceanography research institute. The Laboratory's research ranges from microbial oceanography to the large-scale biogeochemical processes that drive ocean ecosystems and health of the entire planet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boothbay Harbor and New Harbor.

Boothbay Harbor

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.

Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,027 at the 2020 census. It includes the neighborhoods of Mount Pisgah, and Sprucewold, the Bayville and West Boothbay Harbor villages, the Isle of Springs summer colony, and the Boothbay Harbor census-designated place.

New Harbor

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.

New Harbor is a small scenic coastal village in the town of Bristol, in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In 2019, the town of Bristol, and in turn New Harbor, was a finalist in the Reader's Digest award for "America's Nicest Place." Bristol and New Harbor were also nominated for and won the "Nicest Place in Maine Award" by Reader's Digest.

South Bristol

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2020 census. A fishing and resort area, South Bristol includes the villages of Walpole and Christmas Cove, the latter on Rutherford Island.

Seal Cove Shore Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.8814° or 43° 52′ 53″ north

Longitude

-69.5731° or 69° 34′ 23″ west

Operator

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust

Open location code

87MGVCJG+HQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 931393679

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Back Narrows and East Boothbay.

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Highlights include Tracy Shore and The Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum.

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