Baker Island Light
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.
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 9.7 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 25.3 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 26.3 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 6 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 6 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 7 mi
- Sunset view · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Cranberry Shores Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Preble Cove Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Great Gott Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Acadia National Park: 7.5 mi
- Kelley Farm Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Gilley Beach: 1.7 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 4.0 mi
- Hunters Beach: 4.1 mi
- Boulder Beach: 5.0 mi
- Sand Beach: 6.1 mi
- 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
- Rhodes Cliff: 3.7 mi
- Pierce Head: 4.4 mi
- The Cleft: 4.8 mi
- Otter Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Otter Cliffs: 4.9 mi
- Champlain Monument: 4.3 mi
- Fabri memorial: 5.0 mi
- Bates Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 7.0 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 7.0 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 5.5 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 7.0 mi
- Abbe Museum: 8.3 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 4.6 mi
- Bell House: 7.0 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 7.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.0 mi
- Oil House: 7.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- Hadlock Falls: 7.4 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 7.9 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.6 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 10.3 mi
- Water Street Mural: 23.5 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 14.0 mi
- Double Arch: 23.3 mi
- Long Cove: 19.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | N 351° | 466 m | 7.8 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | NNW 332° | 419 m | 8.0 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | N 354° | 387 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | NNW 341° | 380 m | 6.9 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | NNW 332° | 360 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | WNW 296° | 326 m | 9.5 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | N 2° | 323 m | 7.6 mi |
| Dike Peak | NNW 348° | 321 m | 6.7 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 | 19:36 | 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, 10 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Southwest Harbor, ME, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/300718880
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 7 mi
- Surry · 23 mi
- Ellsworth · 27 mi
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