Beech Mountain
Beech Mountain rises to 256 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Canada Cliff, a cliff 0.4 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 23.2 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
- 27.3 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 7 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 8 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 8 mi
- Frazer Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Charlotte Rhoades Park: 1.7 mi
- Pemetic Elementary School play area: 2.3 mi
- Chris's Pond Park: 2.5 mi
- Suminsby Park: 2.7 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 3.1 mi
- Mansell Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Carter Nubble: 0.9 mi
- Saint Sauveur Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Valley Peak: 1.3 mi
- Knight Nubble: 1.3 mi
- Kelley Farm Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Mitchell Marsh Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Preble Cove Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 5.4 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 0.5 mi
- Back Beach: 5.2 mi
- Cobble Beach: 5.7 mi
- Hunters Beach: 6.3 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 6.6 mi
- Canada Cliff: 0.4 mi
- Beach Cliff: 0.6 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 2.4 mi
- Pierce Head: 4.5 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 5.1 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 2.1 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 3.0 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 3.2 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 5.5 mi
- Yourcenar: 3.5 mi
- Champlain Monument: 5.9 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 6.1 mi
- Fabri memorial: 7.4 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 7.5 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 4.2 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 6.1 mi
- Baker Island Light: 8.7 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 8.7 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 10.7 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 0.7 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 1.8 mi
- Birch Spring: 3.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 4.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 4.3 mi
- The Bubble: 5.0 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 5.5 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 7.7 mi
- Thunder Hole: 7.8 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.9 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 4.7 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 7.7 mi
- COA Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Newlin Garden: 8.5 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 1.5 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 3.5 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.8 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 18.3 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 8.8 mi
- Water Street Mural: 16.4 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 9.7 mi
- Long Cove: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Beech Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | ENE 64° | 466 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | ENE 57° | 419 m | 4.2 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | ENE 71° | 380 m | 5.2 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | ENE 68° | 360 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | WSW 247° | 326 m | 1.5 mi |
| Dike Peak | ENE 73° | 321 m | 6.1 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | ENE 59° | 316 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 61° | 297 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:10 | 15:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Acadia National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358226216
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 6 mi
- Surry · 15 mi
- Ellsworth · 19 mi
- Orland · 26 mi
- Bucksport · 29 mi
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