Big Mountain
Big Mountain rises to 65 m in Maine. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Pond Park, a park 0.8 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136886, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 65 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 17 mi
- Hawk Watch · 17 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 17 mi
- Frazer Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Pond Park: 0.8 mi
- Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 1.6 mi
- Fire Ponds: 1.8 mi
- Fine Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Bass Harbor Light Station: 6.6 mi
- Stockbridge Hill: 0.8 mi
- Goose Pond Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Devils Head: 4.4 mi
- Tinker Hill: 7.7 mi
- Big Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Hero Beach: 1.3 mi
- East Cove: 1.5 mi
- Spindle Cove: 1.7 mi
- Joyce Beach: 1.8 mi
- Schooner Cove: 1.8 mi
- Back Cove Preserve: 1.4 mi
- West Sister Island Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Buckle Island Harbor Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- High Head: 1.8 mi
- Negro Head: 9.6 mi
- Canada Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 12.2 mi
- Beach Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 10.4 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 10.8 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 11.7 mi
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 11.9 mi
- Store Foundation: 1.4 mi
- House Foundation: 1.5 mi
- Barn Foundation: 1.6 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 6.6 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 12.2 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 1.6 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 6.6 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 7.7 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 8.9 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 12.0 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 10.4 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 12.6 mi
- The Bubble: 15.6 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 16.2 mi
- Thunder Hole: 16.6 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 11.5 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 11.6 mi
- Birch Spring: 14.4 mi
- Maple Spring: 15.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 15.6 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 13.4 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 18.2 mi
- COA Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Newlin Garden: 19.7 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 19.7 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 14.4 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 19.1 mi
- Vinal Falls: 21.2 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 19.8 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 21.5 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Mountain | NNE 14° | 326 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | NNE 16° | 289 m | 11.2 mi |
| Knight Nubble | NNE 14° | 283 m | 11.0 mi |
| Little Notch | NNE 14° | 271 m | 11.0 mi |
| Norumbega Mountain | NNE 28° | 260 m | 13.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNE 19° | 256 m | 11.8 mi |
| Western Mountain | NNE 14° | 246 m | 11.1 mi |
| Acadia Mountain | NNE 23° | 208 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:11 | 15:59 |
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, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211854
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 7 mi
- Surry · 24 mi
- Ellsworth · 29 mi
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