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Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West)

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

Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West) is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East), a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.61253, -68.69807

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Jacob Buck Pond Boat Access: 3.0 mi
  • Orland Bicentennial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Silver Lake Trails: 3.9 mi
  • Peary's Landing: 5.3 mi
  • Bucksport Recreational Facility: 5.4 mi
Museums: 28
Artworks: 19
  • Before The Wind: 5.6 mi
  • The Whale: 5.6 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 12.8 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 13.1 mi
  • Greetings From Bangor Maine: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 19
Historic sites: 18
Attractions: 13
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 8.8 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 11.9 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 12.8 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 13.4 mi
  • Maine Discovery Museum: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 5
  • Children's Garden: 12.9 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 17.6 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Ellsworth Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 14.5 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 55°342 m5.6 mi
Big HillNE 49°338 m9.0 mi
Mount WaldoWSW 257°320 m10.0 mi
BlackcapNNE 34°312 m11.7 mi
Great Pond MountainESE 118°291 m1.7 mi
Flag HillE 100°270 m3.9 mi
Peaked MountainNE 39°258 m4.5 mi
Kings MountainNW 326°256 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5019:3920:24
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:0915:1015:58

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, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1363605936

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