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Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park from directly overhead

Acadia National Park is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bass Harbor Light Station, a park 0.5 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 8.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

How to reach it

Coordinates44.21641, -68.34548

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bass Harbor Light Station: 0.5 mi
  • Fire Ponds: 4.2 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 4.3 mi
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 4.5 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 5.1 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 50
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Roadside: 12.2 mi
  • Mountain: 12.2 mi
  • Meadow: 12.2 mi
  • Heath: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 19
Lighthouses: 13
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 4.5 mi
  • The Bubble: 9.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 10.2 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 10.6 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 14.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Jesuit Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Birch Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 7.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 13.3 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 13.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 22.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Acadia National Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainNNE 22°419 m9.5 mi
Pemetic MountainNNE 31°380 m9.6 mi
Penobscot MountainNNE 26°360 m8.9 mi
Bernard MountainNNW 348°326 m6.1 mi
Dike PeakNE 36°321 m10.2 mi
Gilmore PeakNNE 21°316 m9.0 mi
Bald PeakNNE 20°297 m8.8 mi
Mansell MountainN 353°289 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0615:1015:58

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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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