Bell House
Bell House is a lighthouse in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bass Harbor Head Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Lighthouse in Maine, United States.
Dates from 1858.
Wikidata Q810448, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1876
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 11 mi
- Hawk Watch · 11 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 11 mi
- Frazer Point · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bass Harbor Light Station: 0.1 mi
- Chris's Pond Park: 3.8 mi
- Pemetic Elementary School play area: 4.1 mi
- Charlotte Rhoades Park: 4.7 mi
- Fire Ponds: 4.8 mi
- Big Rocks: 1.5 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hio Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 3.1 mi
- China Hill: 3.5 mi
- Cobble Beach: 0.5 mi
- Back Beach: 1.5 mi
- Joyce Beach: 4.8 mi
- Gilley Beach: 6.1 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 6.4 mi
- Acadia National Park: 0.6 mi
- Great Gott Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Kelley Farm Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Mitchell Marsh Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Placentia Island Preserve: 2.6 mi
- High Head: 5.0 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 5.8 mi
- Pierce Head: 6.0 mi
- Canada Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Beach Cliff: 6.7 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 4.0 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 4.3 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 5.2 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 5.5 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 6.7 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 0.0 mi
- Champlain Monument: 7.6 mi
- Store Foundation: 7.9 mi
- House Foundation: 8.0 mi
- Barn Foundation: 8.2 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 0.0 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 5.4 mi
- Baker Island Light: 7.0 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 7.1 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 8.2 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 3.9 mi
- The Bubble: 9.1 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 9.6 mi
- Thunder Hole: 10.0 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 13.4 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 5.4 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 5.6 mi
- Birch Spring: 8.0 mi
- Maple Spring: 8.6 mi
- Fern Spring: 9.3 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 6.8 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 11.6 mi
- COA Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Newlin Garden: 13.3 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 13.3 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 6.7 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 8.1 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 24.4 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 13.3 mi
- Water Street Mural: 22.4 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 15.4 mi
- Long Cove: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Bell House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sargent Mountain | NNE 21° | 419 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | NNE 30° | 380 m | 9.0 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | NNE 24° | 360 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | NNW 343° | 326 m | 5.8 mi |
| Dike Peak | NE 35° | 321 m | 9.6 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | NNE 19° | 316 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 19° | 297 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | NNW 348° | 289 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:10 | 15:58 |
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, 11 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Bass Harbor, ME, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 87002273OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Bass Harbor Head Light Station, reference 87002273, listed 01/21/88.
OpenStreetMap element way/162923159
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 0 mi
- Surry · 21 mi
- Ellsworth · 25 mi
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