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Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East)

Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East) from directly overhead

Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East) is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West), a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.60427, -68.69153

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Orland Bicentennial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Jacob Buck Pond Boat Access: 3.6 mi
  • Silver Lake Trails: 4.2 mi
  • Peary's Landing: 5.3 mi
  • Bucksport Recreational Facility: 5.4 mi
Museums: 28
Beaches: 20
Artworks: 19
  • Before The Wind: 5.6 mi
  • The Whale: 5.6 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 13.4 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 13.7 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 17
Attractions: 13
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 9.4 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 12.5 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 13.4 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 14.1 mi
  • Maine Discovery Museum: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 5
  • Children's Garden: 13.6 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 18.2 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Ellsworth Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 15.1 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 49°342 m5.7 mi
Big HillNE 45°338 m9.1 mi
Mount WaldoW 261°320 m10.2 mi
Great Pond MountainE 101°291 m1.2 mi
Flag HillE 91°270 m3.5 mi
Peaked MountainNNE 31°258 m4.7 mi
Kings MountainNNW 327°256 m5.6 mi
Flying Moose MountainE 80°245 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5019:3920:24
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0915:1015:58

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, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1363605937

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