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Rhodes Cliff

Rhodes Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Rhodes Cliff is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the north, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Seal Harbor Beach, a park 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.28925, -68.23001

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Town play ground: 2.3 mi
  • Hadlock Park: 2.4 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 36
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Roadside: 5.2 mi
  • Meadow: 5.2 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 5.2 mi
  • Mountain: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 20
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 18
Lighthouses: 14
Springs: 8
  • Birch Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 2.6 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 3.0 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 3.2 mi
  • The Bubble: 3.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hadlock Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 4.7 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 7.1 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Double Arch: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Rhodes Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainN 4°466 m4.4 mi
Sargent MountainNNW 330°419 m4.3 mi
Dorr MountainN 9°387 m4.6 mi
Pemetic MountainNNW 346°380 m3.3 mi
Penobscot MountainNNW 329°360 m3.5 mi
Champlain MountainNNE 23°323 m4.6 mi
Dike PeakN 4°321 m3.2 mi
Gilmore PeakNW 324°316 m4.2 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 solstice07:0615:0915:57

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/358226561

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