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Wendell Gilley Museum

Wendell Gilley Museum from directly overhead

Wendell Gilley Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pemetic Elementary School play area, a park 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
13 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.28361, -68.32688

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 0.2 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 0.4 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 2.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 49
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Heath: 8.0 mi
  • Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Roadside: 8.0 mi
  • Meadow: 8.0 mi
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 14
Springs: 8
  • Jesuit Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Birch Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Fern Spring: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 3.6 mi
  • The Bubble: 5.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 7.1 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 7.3 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 2.4 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 8.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 9.5 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 18.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 11.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Wendell Gilley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainNNE 33°419 m4.9 mi
Pemetic MountainNE 48°380 m5.4 mi
Penobscot MountainNE 41°360 m4.5 mi
Bernard MountainWNW 300°326 m2.6 mi
Dike PeakNE 54°321 m6.2 mi
Gilmore PeakNNE 31°316 m4.5 mi
Bald PeakNNE 31°297 m4.2 mi
Mansell MountainNW 313°289 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0718:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1015:58

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/815237964

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