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Lily Pond Beach

Lily Pond Beach from directly overhead

Lily Pond Beach is a beach in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Caterpillar Mountain stands 148 m to the north, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lily Pond Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

The story

pond in hancook county, maine, united states

Wikidata Q131842816, matched on coordinates and name (536 m apart).

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.22757, -68.67372

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lily Pond Park: 0.0 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Nature Area: 1.9 mi
  • Pine Hill Nature Area: 4.2 mi
Peaks
  • Brays Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Stinson Point: 4.4 mi
  • Conary Head: 4.6 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Jims Hill: 5.2 mi
Beaches
Museums: 38
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 22
Gardens: 19
  • Tanglewood Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.3 mi
  • Heath: 24.8 mi
  • Mountain: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 9
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Birch Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Maple Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.1 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 20.1 mi
  • The Bubble: 22.2 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 24.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 18.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Lily Pond Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Caterpillar MountainN 4°148 m7.2 mi
Sawyer MountainSSE 167°148 m11.8 mi
Rocky MountainSSE 167°144 m11.6 mi
Jerusalem MountainSSE 168°127 m12.5 mi
Stover HillNNE 17°109 m12.1 mi
Seven Star HillNNE 19°108 m11.5 mi
Winche MountainNNW 341°92 m7.6 mi
Backwood MountainNNW 327°82 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:23
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 19 mi away.

Mean tidal range 9.86 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Oceanville, Deer Isle, ME, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6573523825

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