The Cleft
The Cleft is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 124 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the north, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Day Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 124 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 8.3 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 22.0 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 23.0 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 3 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 3 mi
- Sunset view · 3 mi
- Hawk Watch · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Day Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Ox Hill: 0.5 mi
- The Triad: 1.0 mi
- Barr Hill: 1.0 mi
- Redfield Hill: 1.1 mi
- Seal Harbor Beach: 0.9 mi
- Town play ground: 1.4 mi
- Thuya Garden: 2.3 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.6 mi
- Hadlock Park: 3.6 mi
- Preble Cove Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Cranberry Shores Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 6.9 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Hunters Beach: 0.8 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 1.1 mi
- Boulder Beach: 2.0 mi
- Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Gilley Beach: 3.5 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 1.2 mi
- Roadside: 4.0 mi
- Meadow: 4.0 mi
- Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Mixed Woods: 4.0 mi
- Rhodes Cliff: 1.2 mi
- Pierce Head: 1.9 mi
- Otter Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Otter Cliffs: 2.1 mi
- Cadillac Cliffs: 2.3 mi
- Champlain Monument: 0.5 mi
- Fabri memorial: 1.8 mi
- Bates Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 2.5 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 3.2 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 3.1 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Abbe Museum: 3.9 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 5.0 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 2.5 mi
- Baker Island Light: 4.8 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 5.6 mi
- Bell House: 7.9 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.9 mi
- Birch Spring: 2.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 3.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 3.6 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 3.9 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 4.1 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 2.1 mi
- Thunder Hole: 2.3 mi
- The Bubble: 2.5 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 4.3 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 6.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 3.0 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 4.3 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 5.9 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 20.8 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 5.9 mi
- Water Street Mural: 18.8 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 9.3 mi
- Double Arch: 22.3 mi
- Long Cove: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of The Cleft. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | N 6° | 466 m | 3.2 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | NW 320° | 419 m | 3.3 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | NNE 12° | 387 m | 3.4 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | NNW 340° | 380 m | 2.1 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | NW 315° | 360 m | 2.5 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | NNE 31° | 323 m | 3.5 mi |
| Dike Peak | N 7° | 321 m | 2.0 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | NW 312° | 316 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Acadia National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358224992
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 8 mi
- Surry · 19 mi
- Ellsworth · 22 mi
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