Aroostook State Park
Aroostook State Park is a park in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 298 m. Mars Hill stands 531 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is North Peak, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. FISH RIVER SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 298 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
How to reach it
- 23.8 mi off the FISH RIVER SCENIC BYWAY, National
126 named places within 25 miles
- North Peak: 0.0 mi
- Quaggy Joe: 0.8 mi
- South Peak: 0.8 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Hobart Hill: 4.4 mi
- Arnold Brook Lake Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Mantle Lake Park: 4.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 4.6 mi
- Northern Maine Fair: 5.0 mi
- The Little School Community Park: 5.2 mi
- Northern Maine Museum of Science: 4.1 mi
- Presque Isle Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Maysville Museum: 7.9 mi
- Caribou Historical Center & Museum: 13.1 mi
- Frontier Heritage History Museum: 13.9 mi
- Sasəkatəkok/ Sasokatokuk Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Pollard Flat Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Paragon Woods Nature Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Caribou Stream Wildlife Management Area: 18.7 mi
- Ashland Public Reserved Land: 19.9 mi
- Nordic Heritage Center: 9.0 mi
- Historical Society: 22.5 mi
- Loring Air Force Base Tank Farm: 22.5 mi
- AGM-28 Hound Dog: 23.3 mi
- University Garden: 3.8 mi
- Haystack Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- 2: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Aroostook State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Hill | SE 124° | 531 m | 11.4 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | S 190° | 508 m | 14.0 mi |
| Number Nine Mountain | S 182° | 494 m | 13.2 mi |
| Scopan Mountain | W 269° | 433 m | 8.5 mi |
| Scopan Knob | WSW 252° | 432 m | 9.4 mi |
| Hovey Mountain | S 187° | 415 m | 15.6 mi |
| Nighthawk Mountain | SSW 199° | 410 m | 17.6 mi |
| Maple Mountain | S 183° | 409 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:05 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:39 | 19:43 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:52 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 14:56 | 15:48 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Presque Isle, 3 mi away.
- bluebead lily8 obs
- Canadian bunchberry7 obs
- red trillium7 obs
- hobblebush7 obs
- Green Frog7 obs
- Tree Lungwort6 obs
- American Toad6 obs
- red baneberry5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/889877945
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