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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: 37
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 18
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
Gardens: 4
  • Tanglewood Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.3 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 24.8 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 14.4 miles of Lily Pond Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Caterpillar MountainN148 m7.2 mi
Sawyer MountainSSE148 m11.8 mi
Rocky MountainSSE144 m11.6 mi
Jerusalem MountainSSE127 m12.5 mi
Stover HillNNE109 m12.1 mi
Seven Star HillNNE108 m11.5 mi
Winche MountainNNW92 m7.6 mi
Backwood MountainNNW82 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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6573523825

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