Prospect Harbor Point Light
Prospect Harbor Point Light is a lighthouse in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gouldsboro Town Park, a park 0.8 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 9.2 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 10.8 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 13.9 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frazer Point · 4 mi
- Overlook · 4 mi
- Beach · 4 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Corea Heath Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Schoodic Forest: 2.2 mi
- Forbes Pond Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Ned Island Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Flat Island: 4.9 mi
- Birch Harbor Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mount Cromer: 2.7 mi
- Buck Cove Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Winn Joy Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Schoodic Head: 4.1 mi
- Gouldsboro Town Park: 0.8 mi
- Jones Pond Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Unionville Ballfield: 8.9 mi
- Grant Park: 9.3 mi
- Agamont Park: 9.5 mi
- Coniferous Woods: 10.0 mi
- Coniferous Woods: 10.0 mi
- Coniferous Woods: 10.0 mi
- Mixed Woods: 10.0 mi
- Mixed Woods: 10.0 mi
- Rogers Point Beach: 5.2 mi
- Sand Beach: 9.8 mi
- Boulder Beach: 10.7 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 10.8 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 12.2 mi
- Ravens Nest: 4.7 mi
- Sols Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Oak Hill Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Lower Wall: 9.5 mi
- Central Slabs: 9.5 mi
- Winter Harbor Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- Abbe Museum: 9.6 mi
- Abbe Museum: 10.1 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 10.4 mi
- Old Farm Estate: 9.1 mi
- The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 9.5 mi
- Eden's Civil War Monument: 9.6 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 10.1 mi
- John Innes Kane: 10.1 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 4.7 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 7.1 mi
- Petit Manan Light: 7.7 mi
- Baker Island Light: 14.5 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 15.2 mi
- Schoodic Point: 5.4 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 9.5 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 9.5 mi
- Thunder Hole: 10.4 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 10.8 mi
- Big Chief Spring: 3.0 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 10.1 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 10.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 13.5 mi
- Maple Spring: 13.7 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 11.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 14.1 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 16.1 mi
- Long Falls: 18.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 24.1 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 9.5 mi
- Water Street Mural: 22.4 mi
- Double Arch: 9.8 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 12.7 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Long Cove: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Prospect Harbor Point Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | WSW 252° | 466 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | WSW 252° | 419 m | 13.5 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | WSW 252° | 387 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | WSW 248° | 380 m | 12.4 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | WSW 249° | 360 m | 13.4 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | WSW 248° | 323 m | 9.7 mi |
| Dike Peak | WSW 246° | 321 m | 11.5 mi |
| Schoodic Mountain | NNW 331° | 319 m | 13.5 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 | 19:36 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 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, 12 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Prospect Harbor, ME, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/536464959
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 20 mi
- Surry · 25 mi
- Ellsworth · 26 mi
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