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Prospect Harbor Point Light

Prospect Harbor Point Light, seen from above at true elevation

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.

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Coordinates44.40324, -68.01283

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 52
  • 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
Gardens: 21
  • 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
Beaches: 20
  • 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
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 15
  • 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
Historic sites: 14
  • 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
Lighthouses: 10
Attractions: 10
  • 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
Springs: 8
  • 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
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 9.5 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 22.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 9.8 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainWSW 252°466 m11.0 mi
Sargent MountainWSW 252°419 m13.5 mi
Dorr MountainWSW 252°387 m10.6 mi
Pemetic MountainWSW 248°380 m12.4 mi
Penobscot MountainWSW 249°360 m13.4 mi
Champlain MountainWSW 248°323 m9.7 mi
Dike PeakWSW 246°321 m11.5 mi
Schoodic MountainNNW 331°319 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4819:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0615:0815:56

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, 12 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Prospect Harbor, ME, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/536464959

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