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Chapin Park

Chapin Park from directly overhead

Chapin Park is a park in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 37 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pollinators, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
37 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.80736, -68.76246

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Williams Park: 0.3 mi
  • Parker Courtyard: 0.3 mi
  • Pierce Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dakin Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hannibal Hamlin Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
Artworks: 19
  • Pollinators: 0.1 mi
  • One Native Lupine: 0.4 mi
  • The Good of the Hive: 0.4 mi
  • Bangor Wants You: 0.6 mi
  • Kenduskeag Stream Trail Mural: 0.6 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 16
Attractions: 13
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Children's Garden: 1.1 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 7.9 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lovers Leap: 1.1 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Chapin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked MountainE 84°350 m14.7 mi
Bald MountainSE 143°342 m12.9 mi
Big HillSE 127°338 m12.4 mi
BlackcapESE 111°312 m10.3 mi
Great Pond MountainSSE 162°291 m15.0 mi
Chick HillE 81°271 m14.7 mi
Little Peaked MountainE 84°260 m14.2 mi
Peaked MountainSSE 149°258 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5019:4020:25
September equinox06:2317:5618:35
December solstice07:1015:0915:57

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, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard151 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel93 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird88 obs
  • Song Sparrow77 obs
  • Black-capped Chickadee72 obs
  • American Crow66 obs
  • Northern Cardinal66 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull63 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/104214910

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