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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.

The story

mountain in Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33136498, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
297 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.33530, -68.28383

Overlooks nearby

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
Beaches: 40
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Heath: 4.2 mi
  • Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Meadow: 4.2 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 4.2 mi
Museums: 18
  • 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: 18
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
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

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 MountainENE 68°466 m3.2 mi
Sargent MountainNE 43°419 m0.8 mi
Dorr MountainENE 68°387 m3.6 mi
Pemetic MountainE 90°380 m1.9 mi
Penobscot MountainE 101°360 m0.9 mi
Bernard MountainWSW 242°326 m4.9 mi
Champlain MountainENE 76°323 m4.6 mi
Dike PeakE 89°321 m2.9 mi

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.

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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