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Moosehead Marine Museum

Moosehead Marine Museum from directly overhead

Moosehead Marine Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 313 m. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
313 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.46310, -69.59367
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 31
Waterfalls: 17
  • Indian Stream Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Thompson Brook Upper Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Thompson Brook Lower Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Vaughn Stream Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Little Wilson Upper Falls: 8.6 mi
Parks: 6
  • Doe Pond Access: 13.4 mi
  • Sebec Lake Boat Access: 16.3 mi
  • Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Greeley's Landing: 22.6 mi
  • Sebec Lake Public Beach: 22.7 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 3
Rest areas: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Pebble Beach: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Moosehead Marine Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Cap MountainENE 69°1,109 m18.0 mi
Baker MountainNE 52°1,063 m12.2 mi
Big Moose MountainWNW 284°967 m5.9 mi
West PeakENE 68°965 m15.5 mi
Lily Bay MountainNE 41°963 m11.7 mi
Big Spruce MountainENE 74°944 m17.5 mi
Number Four MountainNE 41°851 m13.7 mi
Gulf Hagas MountainENE 68°814 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1218:51
June solstice04:5119:4620:31
September equinox06:2617:5918:38
December solstice07:1615:0915:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626385161666557453322
Precip in3.02.43.23.63.64.04.04.03.45.04.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367795509

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