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Heath

Heath from directly overhead

Heath is a garden in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the southwest, 1.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pitch Pine Upland, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
Acadia National Park

How to reach it

Coordinates44.36248, -68.20829

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Glen Mary Park: 1.4 mi
  • Village Green: 1.8 mi
  • Grant Park: 1.9 mi
  • Barker Park: 1.9 mi
  • DeGregoire Green: 1.9 mi
Beaches: 38
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 20
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 0.0 mi
  • Mountain: 0.0 mi
  • Brookside: 0.0 mi
  • Meadow: 0.0 mi
  • Bird Thicket: 0.0 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Kurt Diederich: 0.3 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 0.3 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 0.3 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 1.0 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 1.1 mi
Museums: 16
  • Abbe Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 1.7 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 2.3 mi
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Fern Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Birch Spring: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 2.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 2.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 2.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 3.1 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 2.4 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 6.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Long Falls: 22.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 1.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Double Arch: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 10.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Heath. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSW 229°466 m1.0 mi
Sargent MountainWSW 248°419 m3.5 mi
Dorr MountainSW 216°387 m0.7 mi
Pemetic MountainSW 224°380 m2.6 mi
Penobscot MountainSW 235°360 m3.5 mi
Champlain MountainSE 139°323 m1.1 mi
Dike PeakSSW 205°321 m2.0 mi
Gilmore PeakWSW 245°316 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:21
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, 3 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).

  • three-toothed cinquefoil473 obs
  • American Bullfrog424 obs
  • sheep laurel383 obs
  • white meadowsweet377 obs
  • winterberry holly285 obs
  • striped maple262 obs
  • eastern white pine232 obs
  • pitch pine221 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1239945607

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