Bass Park
Bass Park is a park in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Paul Bunyan, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Bangor
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Talbot Park: 0.5 mi
- Davenport Park: 0.7 mi
- Fishermans Park: 0.7 mi
- School Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Eastern Park: 0.8 mi
- McPhetres Farm Forest: 4.4 mi
- Davis Forest: 4.5 mi
- Manter Woods: 4.5 mi
- West Penjajawoc Grasslands: 4.6 mi
- Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Copeland Hill: 5.3 mi
- Buck Hill: 5.7 mi
- Hermon Hill: 5.8 mi
- Hog Hill: 6.5 mi
- Coffey Hill: 6.6 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 0.2 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 0.5 mi
- Together Place: 0.8 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 0.8 mi
- Spring Woods: 0.9 mi
- Police Museum: 0.7 mi
- Isaac Farrar Mansion Museum: 0.8 mi
- Clewley Museum: 1.0 mi
- Zillman Art Museum: 1.1 mi
- Cole Land Transportation Museum: 1.2 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 0.7 mi
- Peirce Memorial Statue: 1.1 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 5.9 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 0.2 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 0.8 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 0.8 mi
- Maine Discovery Museum: 0.9 mi
- "IT" Movie Manhole Cover: 1.1 mi
- Rider Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Parks Pond Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Fletcher Bluff: 16.9 mi
- The Bluffs: 22.9 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.7 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 1.6 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 7.1 mi
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 9.1 mi
- Indian Island Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Dunn Beach: 18.7 mi
- Otis Beach: 19.0 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 19.6 mi
- Hales Beach: 20.1 mi
- Jesse Beach: 20.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 1.7 mi
- Monroe Falls: 18.2 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 19.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Bass Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | SE 136° | 342 m | 12.5 mi |
| Big Hill | ESE 120° | 338 m | 12.5 mi |
| Blackcap | ESE 103° | 312 m | 10.9 mi |
| Frank WEst Mountain | WSW 243° | 300 m | 14.9 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | SSE 157° | 291 m | 14.2 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | SE 142° | 258 m | 11.1 mi |
| Kings Mountain | S 170° | 256 m | 8.2 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | E 94° | 249 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:09 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- Mallard136 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel86 obs
- Northern Mockingbird84 obs
- Northern Cardinal70 obs
- Song Sparrow70 obs
- Black-capped Chickadee69 obs
- American Crow65 obs
- Ring-billed Gull59 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/1411060242
Day trips start here
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