High Island

High Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit High Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach High Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.97140, -69.18447. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near High Island

• Tenants Harbor Lighthouse · beach · Knox · ~1 km · Must-see
• Whitehead Light · fort · Knox · ~6 km · Must-see
• Marshall Point Light · beach · Knox · ~11 km · Must-see
• Two Bush Island Light · beach · Knox · ~11 km · Must-see
• Farnsworth Art Museum · museum · Knox · ~20 km · Must-see
• Owls Head Light · beach · Knox · ~22 km · Must-see
• Rockland Breakwater · fort · Knox · ~22 km · Must-see
• Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Knox · ~22 km · Must-see
• Franklin Island Light · beach · Knox · ~22 km · Must-see
• Beech Hill · sanctuary · Knox · ~29 km · Must-see
• Monhegan Island Light · fort · Lincoln · ~32 km · Must-see
• Heron Neck Lighthouse · beach · Knox · ~33 km · Must-see
• Browns Head Light · beach · Knox · ~34 km · Must-see
• Union Town Common · park · Knox · ~35 km · Must-see
• Curtis Island Lighthouse · museum · Knox · ~35 km · Must-see
• Damariscotta Baptist Church · church · Lincoln · ~35 km · Must-see
• Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Maine · ~36 km · Must-see
• Second Congregational Church of Newcastle · church · Lincoln · ~36 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of High Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near High Island

• Bailey Island · river spot · Cumberland · ~88 km · Must-see
• Mount Desert Island · river spot · Hancock · ~101 km · Must-see
• Whitehead Island · river spot · Knox · ~6 km
• Yellow Ridge Island · river spot · Knox · ~7 km
• Graffam Island · river spot · Knox · ~9 km
• Garden Island · river spot · Knox · ~10 km
• Eben Island · river spot · Knox · ~10 km
• Gunning Rocks North · river spot · Knox · ~11 km
• Little Two Bush Island · river spot · Knox · ~11 km
• Two Bush Island · river spot · Knox · ~11 km

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