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Ash Mountain

Ash Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Ash Mountain rises to 84 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Winter Harbor Historical Society, a museum 1.2 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q33136272, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
84 m
Getting there

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Coordinates44.41036, -68.09751

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 3.5 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
  • Grant Park: 5.3 mi
  • Agamont Park: 5.4 mi
  • Harborview Park: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 29
  • Sand Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Rogers Point Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Boulder Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Little Hunters Beach: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 6.2 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 16
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 1.2 mi
  • Historical Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.6 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 6.3 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Old Farm Estate: 5.3 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 5.4 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 6.5 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 6.5 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.5 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 5.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 7.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 12.5 mi
  • Long Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.5 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 18.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Double Arch: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 8.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Ash Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainWSW 238°466 m7.4 mi
Sargent MountainWSW 242°419 m9.9 mi
Dorr MountainWSW 237°387 m7.0 mi
Pemetic MountainSW 235°380 m9.0 mi
Penobscot MountainWSW 237°360 m9.9 mi
Champlain MountainSW 229°323 m6.3 mi
Dike PeakSW 231°321 m8.2 mi
Schoodic MountainNNW 348°319 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4919:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:0815:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561317 — Ash Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358211059

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