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Bald Peak

Bald Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Peak rises to 297 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Parkman Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.6 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Maine, United States of America.

Wikidata Q33136498, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
297 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.33530, -68.28383

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Suminsby Park: 1.0 mi
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 38
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 17
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • La petite Plaisance: 3.2 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Wendell Gilley Museum: 4.2 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Yourcenar: 3.2 mi
  • Champlain Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 4.1 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 4.1 mi
  • Fabri memorial: 4.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 8
  • Maple Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Birch Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Fern Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Bubble: 1.5 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 4.8 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 5.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 4.2 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hadlock Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 2.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 4.6 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.4 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Double Arch: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 13.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Bald Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainENE466 m3.2 mi
Sargent MountainNE419 m0.8 mi
Dorr MountainENE387 m3.6 mi
Pemetic MountainE380 m1.9 mi
Penobscot MountainE360 m0.9 mi
Bernard MountainWSW326 m4.9 mi
Champlain MountainENE323 m4.6 mi
Dike PeakE321 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561536 — Bald Peak, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358211235

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