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Petit Manan Light

Petit Manan Light, seen from above at true elevation

Petit Manan Light is a lighthouse, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 8.4 miles off.

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Coordinates44.36758, -67.86436

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 57
Parks: 40
  • McClellan Park: 8.2 mi
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 8.5 mi
  • Milbridge Baseball Field: 11.4 mi
  • Milbridge Commons: 11.5 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Coniferous Woods: 17.0 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 17.0 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 17.0 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 17.0 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 18
  • Rogers Point Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Jordan Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Sand Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Boulder Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Old Farm Estate: 16.2 mi
  • Bates Memorial: 16.6 mi
  • Fabri memorial: 16.8 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 16.9 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 16.9 mi
Museums: 12
  • Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 11.2 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 17.0 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Schoodic Point: 10.0 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 16.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 16.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 16.9 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 16.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 18.4 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Long Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 22.6 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 5.7 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 20.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Baxter The Lobster: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 18.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Petit Manan Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainW 267°466 m17.8 mi
Dorr MountainW 267°387 m17.4 mi
Pemetic MountainW 263°380 m19.0 mi
Champlain MountainW 266°323 m16.3 mi
Dike PeakW 263°321 m18.0 mi
Black MountainNW 320°304 m19.6 mi
The WhitecapW 269°276 m18.3 mi
North BubbleW 265°266 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4819:3520:20
September equinox06:1917:5318:31
December solstice07:0515:0815:56

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, 20 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Green Island, Petit Manan Bar, ME, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6540638438

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