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Pierce Head

Pierce Head, seen from above at true elevation

Pierce Head is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the north-northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Island Light Station, a lighthouse 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.28841, -68.26002

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Hadlock Park: 2.5 mi
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 37
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Roadside: 5.7 mi
  • Meadow: 5.7 mi
  • Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Heath: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 18
Lighthouses: 14
Springs: 8
  • Jesuit Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Birch Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 7
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 2.6 mi
  • The Bubble: 3.6 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 3.9 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 4.2 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hadlock Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 3.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 7.5 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.4 mi
  • Double Arch: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Pierce Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainNNE 22°466 m4.8 mi
Sargent MountainN 350°419 m3.8 mi
Dorr MountainNNE 25°387 m5.1 mi
Pemetic MountainNNE 13°380 m3.3 mi
Penobscot MountainN 354°360 m3.1 mi
Bernard MountainW 280°326 m5.6 mi
Champlain MountainNE 37°323 m5.4 mi
Dike PeakNNE 27°321 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:1015:57

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358222897

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