Mount Desert Rock Light
Mount Desert Rock Light is a lighthouse, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. The Triad stands 213 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Desert Rock Coral Protection Area, a nature reserve 6.0 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1847
- Height
- 22.8 m
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 25.8 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 25 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 25 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 26 mi
- Beach · 27 mi
132 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Desert Rock Coral Protection Area: 6.0 mi
- Eastern Maine Habitat Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Frenchboro Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 16.7 mi
- West Sister Island Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Goose Pond Mountain: 18.5 mi
- Big Mountain: 19.3 mi
- Bunker Head: 19.5 mi
- Dolly Hill: 19.6 mi
- Bulger Hill: 19.7 mi
- Eastern Beach: 15.3 mi
- Big Beach: 15.3 mi
- Middle Beach: 15.4 mi
- Little Beach: 15.6 mi
- Whale Beach: 15.7 mi
- Fire Ponds: 19.2 mi
- Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 19.7 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 19.7 mi
- Bass Harbor Light Station: 20.4 mi
- Hadlock Park: 20.6 mi
- High Head: 18.5 mi
- Rhodes Cliff: 22.7 mi
- Pierce Head: 23.0 mi
- Otter Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Otter Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 13.3 mi
- Baker Island Light: 19.2 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 19.6 mi
- Bell House: 20.3 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 20.3 mi
- House Foundation: 19.1 mi
- Store Foundation: 19.1 mi
- Barn Foundation: 19.1 mi
- Sarah Smith Foundation: 19.2 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 20.4 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 20.8 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 21.0 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 23.5 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 23.9 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 20.8 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 23.9 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 24.4 mi
- Thunder Hole: 24.5 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 23.6 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Desert Rock Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Triad | NNW 348° | 213 m | 24.9 mi |
| Day Mountain | NNW 348° | 178 m | 24.1 mi |
| Gorham Mountain | N 353° | 160 m | 25.0 mi |
| Eliot Mountain | NNW 343° | 137 m | 24.2 mi |
| Barr Hill | NNW 345° | 101 m | 23.8 mi |
| Redfield Hill | NNW 346° | 95 m | 24.5 mi |
| Ox Hill | NNW 347° | 94 m | 23.5 mi |
| Flying Mountain | NNW 338° | 87 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:35 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:11 | 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, 29 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 88000155OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11282207864
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 20 mi
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