Lily Bay State Park
Lily Bay State Park is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 317 m. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Island Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 317 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 25.9 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Jacket Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Prong Pond Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Lily Bay Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Blair Hill: 5.9 mi
- Hardwood Hill: 6.1 mi
- Sugar Island Public Reserved Land: 3.1 mi
- Baker Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Beaver Cove Public Reserved Land: 10.3 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 12.9 mi
- Mount Kineo State Park: 13.0 mi
- Stair Falls: 11.5 mi
- Billings Falls: 11.6 mi
- Indian Stream Falls: 11.9 mi
- Vaughn Stream Falls: 12.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 12.3 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 18.6 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 18.8 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 20.6 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 21.0 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 21.2 mi
- The Jaws: 12.5 mi
- Barren Slide: 13.4 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 8.1 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 8.1 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 14.3 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 20.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Pebble Beach: 12.0 mi
- Askwith: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Lily Bay State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | E 96° | 1,109 m | 14.7 mi |
| Baker Mountain | E 93° | 1,063 m | 7.5 mi |
| Big Spencer Mountain | NNE 20° | 980 m | 14.7 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | E 99° | 980 m | 16.2 mi |
| Big Moose Mountain | SW 231° | 967 m | 10.2 mi |
| West Peak | E 100° | 965 m | 12.4 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | E 79° | 963 m | 5.5 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | E 96° | 948 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:46 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:08 | 15:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, 8 mi away.
- Mallard19 obs
- White-tailed Deer16 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth11 obs
- Canada Goose9 obs
- Common Loon6 obs
- Common Merganser6 obs
- American Red Squirrel6 obs
- striped maple6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/889801258
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