Fort Knox
Fort Knox is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the west-northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Knox State Historic Site, a park 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.
The story
Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the mouth of the river. Built between 1844 and 1869, it was the first fort in Maine built entirely of granite; most previous forts used wood, earth, and stone. It is named after Major General Henry Knox, the first U.S. Secretary of War and Commander of Artillery during the American Revolutionary War, who at the end of his life lived not far away in Thomaston. As a virtually intact example of a mid-19th century granite coastal fortification, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and declared a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970. Fort Knox also serves as the entry site for the observation tower of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge that opened to the public in 2007.
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Wikidata Q4492003, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1844
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 27.9 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Knox State Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Battery A: 0.1 mi
- Penobscot River Boat Access: 0.6 mi
- Peary's Landing: 0.8 mi
- Reggie Ginn Field: 0.8 mi
- Mount Olive: 1.1 mi
- Eustis Mountain: 1.2 mi
- McCloud Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Tuck: 1.6 mi
- Ersking: 2.3 mi
- Penobscot Shore Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Verona Island Water Access: 4.4 mi
- Mount Waldo Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery: 5.9 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West): 6.1 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 4.1 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 11.7 mi
- MMA Beach: 12.4 mi
- Spragues Beach: 13.6 mi
- Hales Beach: 14.2 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 0.5 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 5.3 mi
- Castine Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Telephone Museum: 12.5 mi
- Wilson Museum: 12.6 mi
- The Whale: 0.5 mi
- Before The Wind: 0.5 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 15.4 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 15.8 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 16.1 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 12.5 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 15.1 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 15.4 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 16.2 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 16.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 9.3 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 10.4 mi
- Rider Bluff: 13.4 mi
- The Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- The Bluff: 16.2 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 0.8 mi
- Fort Pownall: 6.8 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 12.2 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 16.0 mi
- Children's Garden: 15.8 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 16.6 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 17.9 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 22.2 mi
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 23.7 mi
- Monroe Falls: 11.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.1 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 17.6 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Fort Knox. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Waldo | WNW 282° | 320 m | 4.7 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | ENE 70° | 291 m | 7.1 mi |
| Flag Hill | ENE 74° | 270 m | 9.3 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | NE 50° | 258 m | 10.4 mi |
| Kings Mountain | NNE 18° | 256 m | 7.7 mi |
| Flying Moose Mountain | ENE 70° | 245 m | 9.4 mi |
| Dodge Hill | NE 54° | 234 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Ephraim | WSW 249° | 226 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:10 | 15:59 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6546583181
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