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Schoolhouse Ledge

Schoolhouse Ledge, seen from above at true elevation

Schoolhouse Ledge is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Asticou Azalea Garden, a park 0.8 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
Getting there

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Coordinates44.30147, -68.29807

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 1.7 mi
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 2.0 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 43
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Heath: 6.1 mi
  • Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Roadside: 6.1 mi
  • Meadow: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 18
Lighthouses: 14
Springs: 8
  • Jesuit Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 8
  • The Bubble: 3.4 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 3.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 5.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 5.6 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 1.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 6.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 7.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 17.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 9.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Schoolhouse Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainNE 46°466 m5.1 mi
Sargent MountainNNE 23°419 m3.1 mi
Dorr MountainNE 48°387 m5.5 mi
Pemetic MountainNE 48°380 m3.5 mi
Penobscot MountainNE 36°360 m2.7 mi
Bernard MountainW 271°326 m3.7 mi
Dike PeakENE 56°321 m4.3 mi
Gilmore PeakNNE 19°316 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:1015:57

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358223846

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