Petit Manan Light
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.
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 11.3 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 15.9 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 16.7 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Beach · 9 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
- Frazer Point · 10 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pigeon Hill: 6.2 mi
- Eagle Hill: 7.2 mi
- Baldwin Head: 8.2 mi
- The Anvil: 9.1 mi
- Mount Cromer: 9.2 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Pigeon Hill Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Corea Heath Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Flint Island: 8.4 mi
- Forbes Pond Preserve: 9.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Ravens Nest: 10.4 mi
- Oak Hill Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Sols Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Lower Wall: 16.1 mi
- Central Slabs: 16.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 7.7 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 13.6 mi
- Baker Island Light: 18.7 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 20.9 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 20.7 mi
- Long Falls: 22.4 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 22.6 mi
- Double Arch: 5.7 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 20.4 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 16.9 mi
- Long Cove: 18.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | W 267° | 466 m | 17.8 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | W 267° | 387 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | W 263° | 380 m | 19.0 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | W 266° | 323 m | 16.3 mi |
| Dike Peak | W 263° | 321 m | 18.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 320° | 304 m | 19.6 mi |
| The Whitecap | W 269° | 276 m | 18.3 mi |
| North Bubble | W 265° | 266 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 19:35 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:53 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:08 | 15:56 |
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, 20 mi away.
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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6540638438
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 25 mi
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