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Colonel Black Mansion Museum

Colonel Black Mansion Museum from directly overhead

Colonel Black Mansion Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 49 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Courthouse Gallery Art Park, a park 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 8.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
49 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations.

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.53608, -68.43336

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches: 30
Museums: 26
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 22
  • COA Community Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 14.3 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 11.1 mi
  • Yourcenar: 13.0 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 15.1 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 15.2 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 14
Attractions: 13
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 15.1 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 15.1 mi
  • The Bubble: 16.2 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 19.2 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 19.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 8
  • Fern Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 13.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 16.1 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 12.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Colonel Black Mansion Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNW 315°342 m11.9 mi
Big HillNNW 331°338 m12.8 mi
Great Pond MountainWNW 291°291 m12.4 mi
Blue Hill MountainSW 228°281 m10.5 mi
Flag HillWNW 297°270 m10.3 mi
Peaked MountainNW 311°258 m13.5 mi
Flying Moose MountainWNW 300°245 m10.7 mi
Dodge HillNW 306°234 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3820:23
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0815:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231425361676759483727
Precip in4.13.64.24.33.74.53.13.13.95.14.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367795481

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