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Winterport Historical Association

Winterport Historical Association from directly overhead

Winterport Historical Association is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the south-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Punchbowl Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 28 miles off.

The story

town in Waldo County, Maine, United States

Dates from 1860-03-12.

Wikidata Q3447557, matched on coordinates and name (228 m apart).

What to expect

Step-free access
No

How to reach it

Coordinates44.63599, -68.84642

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Veterans’ Memorial Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Mendall Marsh Park: 3.2 mi
  • Mount Waldo Quarry: 3.4 mi
  • Silver Lake Trails: 4.3 mi
  • Reggie Ginn Field: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 27
Artworks: 20
  • The Whale: 5.1 mi
  • Before The Wind: 5.1 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 11.1 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 11.5 mi
  • Greetings From Bangor Maine: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 17
Attractions: 14
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 9.2 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 11.1 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 11.3 mi
  • Bangor YMCA: 11.8 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 7
  • Children's Garden: 11.5 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 12.6 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Peace Garden: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Monroe Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 12.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Winterport Historical Association. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WaldoSSW 212°320 m4.5 mi
Great Pond MountainESE 105°291 m9.1 mi
Peaked MountainE 79°258 m10.2 mi
Kings MountainENE 61°256 m5.2 mi
Dodge HillE 85°234 m9.8 mi
Mount EphraimSW 215°226 m9.4 mi
Copeland HillNE 45°222 m10.0 mi
Whites MountainE 90°221 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0918:48
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 °F192131435564706860483726
Precip in3.22.43.23.63.33.93.23.13.84.63.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/542009922

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