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Baker Island Light

Baker Island Light, seen from above at true elevation

Baker Island Light is a lighthouse in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Marsh Head, a peak 1.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.9 miles off.

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Coordinates44.24121, -68.19901

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Marsh Head: 1.7 mi
  • Dolly Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Bunker Head: 2.5 mi
  • Bulger Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Bulger Hill: 2.8 mi
Parks: 60
  • Hadlock Park: 2.2 mi
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Town play ground: 5.4 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 35
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Roadside: 8.4 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 8.4 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 8.4 mi
  • Meadow: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 20
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 17
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Jesuit Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Birch Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 3.6 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 4.9 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 5.5 mi
  • The Bubble: 7.3 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Hadlock Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 7.9 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 10.3 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Double Arch: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Baker Island Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainN 351°466 m7.8 mi
Sargent MountainNNW 332°419 m8.0 mi
Dorr MountainN 354°387 m7.9 mi
Pemetic MountainNNW 341°380 m6.9 mi
Penobscot MountainNNW 332°360 m7.2 mi
Bernard MountainWNW 296°326 m9.5 mi
Champlain MountainN 2°323 m7.6 mi
Dike PeakNNW 348°321 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:5019:3620:21
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, 10 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Southwest Harbor, ME, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

In the park

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).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/300718880

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