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Bell House

Bell House, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.22193, -68.33708

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Beaches: 51
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Roadside: 11.6 mi
  • Mountain: 11.6 mi
  • Meadow: 11.6 mi
  • Heath: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 19
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Springs: 8
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 6.7 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 12.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 13.3 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 22.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Bell House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainNNE 21°419 m9.0 mi
Pemetic MountainNNE 30°380 m9.0 mi
Penobscot MountainNNE 24°360 m8.4 mi
Bernard MountainNNW 343°326 m5.8 mi
Dike PeakNE 35°321 m9.6 mi
Gilmore PeakNNE 19°316 m8.5 mi
Bald PeakNNE 19°297 m8.3 mi
Mansell MountainNNW 348°289 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0615:1015:58

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, 11 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Bass Harbor, ME, 2 miaway — 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

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