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Telephone Museum

Telephone Museum from directly overhead

Telephone Museum is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the northwest, 2.0 miles off. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The New England Museum of Telephony, Inc

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.64106, -68.57123

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Nicolin Park: 3.7 mi
  • Branch Lake State Park: 3.9 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 6.0 mi
  • Green Lake National Fish Hatchery: 6.5 mi
  • Ellsworth Sports Complex: 7.4 mi
Museums: 26
Artworks: 19
  • Water Street Mural: 10.0 mi
  • Before The Wind: 12.0 mi
  • The Whale: 12.0 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 14.4 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 18
Beaches: 16
Attractions: 15
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 10.2 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 12.8 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 14.4 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 14.7 mi
  • Maine Discovery Museum: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 9
  • Children's Garden: 14.3 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 18.4 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 20.9 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Ellsworth Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 15.8 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Fern Spring: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Telephone Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNW 306°342 m2.0 mi
Big HillN 7°338 m4.0 mi
BlackcapN 2°312 m7.8 mi
Great Pond MountainWSW 240°291 m5.5 mi
Flag HillSW 223°270 m3.6 mi
Little Peaked MountainNNE 20°260 m13.8 mi
Peaked MountainWNW 294°258 m3.8 mi
Kings MountainWNW 283°256 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:47
June solstice04:5019:3920:24
September equinox06:2217:5518:34
December solstice07:0915:0915:57

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7231558284

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