Cliff · Maine

High Head

High Head, seen from above at true elevation

High Head is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Penobscot Mountain stands 360 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Ponds, a park 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 21 m

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Coordinates44.16008, -68.39002

12.7 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
20.5 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National

Overlooks nearby

Sunset view · 15 mi
Old Soaker Overlook · 16 mi
Beehive Overlook · 16 mi
Hawk Watch · 16 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Fire Ponds: 0.6 mi
Mill Pond Park: 2.6 mi
Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 3.4 mi
Fine Sand Beach: 4.5 mi
Bass Harbor Light Station: 5.0 mi

Nature reserves

West Sister Island Preserve: 1.3 mi
Black Island Preserve: 2.4 mi
Placentia Island Preserve: 2.4 mi
Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Back Cove Preserve: 2.9 mi

Peaks

Goose Pond Mountain: 1.4 mi
Stockbridge Hill: 1.6 mi
Big Mountain: 1.8 mi
Devils Head: 6.2 mi
Big Rocks: 6.3 mi

Beaches53

Joyce Beach: 0.9 mi
Hero Beach: 2.1 mi
Whale Beach: 3.0 mi
East Cove: 3.1 mi
Eastern Beach: 3.3 mi

Gardens21

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 11.8 mi
Roadside: 16.6 mi
Mountain: 16.6 mi
Meadow: 16.6 mi
Heath: 16.6 mi

Cliffs20

Canada Cliff: 10.7 mi
Schoolhouse Ledge: 10.8 mi
Pierce Head: 11.0 mi
Beach Cliff: 11.2 mi
Negro Head: 11.4 mi

Historic sites19

Store Foundation: 3.0 mi
House Foundation: 3.1 mi
Barn Foundation: 3.2 mi
Sarah Smith Foundation: 3.4 mi
Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 5.0 mi

Museums19

Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
Wendell Gilley Museum: 9.1 mi
Seal Cove Auto Museum: 10.1 mi
La petite Plaisance: 10.2 mi
Islesford Historical Museum: 10.2 mi

Lighthouses12

Attractions8

High Hopes Lobster Boat: 8.7 mi
The Bubble: 14.1 mi
Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.3 mi
Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 14.5 mi
Thunder Hole: 14.9 mi

Springs7

Jesuit Spring: 10.3 mi
Lurvey Spring: 10.3 mi
Birch Spring: 12.9 mi
Maple Spring: 13.6 mi
Fern Spring: 14.2 mi

Waterfalls4

Man O War Waterfall: 11.5 mi
Hadlock Falls: 13.0 mi
Duck Brook Waterfall: 17.7 mi
Vinal Falls: 23.0 mi

Picnic sites2

Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.5 mi

Artworks2

Baxter The Lobster: 18.3 mi
Penn Station Eagle: 23.3 mi

Natural arches1

Cathedral Rock: 20.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of High Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Penobscot Mountain	NNE 27°	360 m	13.4 mi
Bernard Mountain	N 5°	326 m	9.9 mi
Bald Peak	NNE 23°	297 m	13.2 mi
Mansell Mountain	N 8°	289 m	10.2 mi
Parkman Mountain	NNE 23°	287 m	13.3 mi
Knight Nubble	N 6°	283 m	10.0 mi
Cedar Swamp Mountain	NNE 26°	283 m	12.9 mi
Little Notch	N 5°	271 m	10.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:38	18:08	18:46
June solstice	04:51	19:37	20:21
September equinox	06:21	17:55	18:33
December solstice	07:06	15:11	15:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	24	26	33	44	55	64	70	69	62	51	40	30
Precip in	4.5	3.8	4.9	5.2	4.5	4.3	3.3	3.4	4.2	5.9	5.9	5.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358226513

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