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Patten Academy Monument & Bell

Patten Academy Monument & Bell from directly overhead

Patten Academy Monument & Bell is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. The Traveler stands 1,079 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Individual Flower Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

Dedicated to the memory of Patten Academy

The story

small town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States

Wikidata Q3447455, matched on coordinates and name (477 m apart).

How to reach it

Coordinates46.00067, -68.44619

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 20
  • Island Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Warren Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Mossy Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Four Foot Pitch: 12.4 mi
  • Hastings Falls: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Parks: 10
  • Town of Patten Recreation Area: 0.0 mi
  • Patten Lumbermans Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 12.8 mi
  • Bible Point State Historic Site: 15.4 mi
  • Olin Collier Ballfields: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lunksoos Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Rum Brook Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
  • Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
  • Togue Pond Beach: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Dolby Flowage: 24.8 mi
Springs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Individual Flower Gardens: 0.0 mi
Museums: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Patten Academy Monument & Bell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The TravelerWNW 285°1,079 m19.8 mi
Traveler MountainWNW 285°1,034 m19.8 mi
North Turner MountainW 264°999 m19.2 mi
Peak of the RidgesWNW 284°982 m20.9 mi
North Traveler MountainWNW 289°958 m20.8 mi
South Turner MountainWSW 258°871 m19.9 mi
Russell MountainW 265°816 m22.2 mi
South Traveler MountainW 280°786 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0718:46
June solstice04:4419:4320:29
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:1415:0115:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131625385160666456443321

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4395487295

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