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Bernard Mountain

Bernard Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bernard Mountain rises to 326 m in Maine. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the east-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Notch, a peak 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q33136817, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
326 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.30230, -68.37196

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Seal Cove Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 2.3 mi
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 2.8 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 2.9 mi
  • Suminsby Park: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 57
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Heath: 9.1 mi
  • Mountain: 9.1 mi
  • Meadow: 9.1 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Lurvey Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Birch Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 6.1 mi
  • The Bubble: 6.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 9.1 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 9.2 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 3.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 10.2 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 17.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Bernard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainENE 60°419 m5.6 mi
Pemetic MountainENE 70°380 m6.7 mi
Penobscot MountainENE 68°360 m5.6 mi
Gilmore PeakENE 61°316 m5.2 mi
Bald PeakENE 62°297 m4.9 mi
Mansell MountainENE 61°289 m0.6 mi
Parkman MountainENE 60°287 m4.9 mi
Knight NubbleNNE 24°283 m0.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1015:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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.

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358211725

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