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Bucksport Historical Society Museum

Bucksport Historical Society Museum from directly overhead

Bucksport Historical Society Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Whale, a artwork 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.

The story

railway station in Bucksport, the United States of America

Wikidata Q4983533, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.57201, -68.79632

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bucksport Recreational Facility: 0.3 mi
  • Penobscot River Boat Access: 0.4 mi
  • Reggie Ginn Field: 0.4 mi
  • Peary's Landing: 0.4 mi
  • Battery A: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 34
Museums: 26
Artworks: 18
  • The Whale: 0.1 mi
  • Before The Wind: 0.1 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 15.0 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 15.4 mi
  • Greetings From Bangor Maine: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 12.0 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 14.7 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 15.0 mi
  • Bangor YMCA: 15.7 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 12
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 7
  • Children's Garden: 15.3 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 17.6 mi
  • Tanglewood Garden: 22.7 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Monroe Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 16.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Bucksport Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainENE 58°342 m11.2 mi
Mount WaldoW 277°320 m4.9 mi
Great Pond MountainENE 72°291 m6.6 mi
Flag HillENE 76°270 m8.9 mi
Peaked MountainNE 50°258 m9.9 mi
Kings MountainNNE 17°256 m7.2 mi
Flying Moose MountainENE 72°245 m9.0 mi
Dodge HillNE 55°234 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:48
June solstice04:5119:4020:25
September equinox06:2317:5618:35
December solstice07:1015:1015:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7289609786

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