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Lookout Ledge

Lookout Ledge, seen from above at true elevation

Lookout Ledge is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 41 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the east, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Acadia National Park Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
41 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.35369, -68.42891

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Seal Cove Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Town Hill Playground: 5.5 mi
  • East Blue Hill Village Park: 6.3 mi
  • Suminsby Park: 6.3 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 6.7 mi
Beaches
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 23
Cliffs: 23
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 9.5 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 10.7 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 10.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Lurvey Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Birch Spring: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 8
  • The Bubble: 8.7 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 10.6 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 11.4 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 11.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 6.1 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 14.7 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Lookout Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainE 95°419 m7.7 mi
Pemetic MountainE 98°380 m9.2 mi
Penobscot MountainE 100°360 m8.1 mi
Bernard MountainSE 142°326 m4.5 mi
Gilmore PeakE 98°316 m7.4 mi
Bald PeakE 100°297 m7.3 mi
Mansell MountainSE 134°289 m4.7 mi
Parkman MountainE 99°287 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3820:22
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1015:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358221709

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