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Big Mountain

Big Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33136886, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
65 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.15008, -68.42446

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 54
Cliffs: 21
Museums: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Roadside: 18.2 mi
  • Mountain: 18.2 mi
  • Heath: 18.2 mi
  • Meadow: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 12
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Springs: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 12.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 19.1 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainNNE 14°326 m10.8 mi
Mansell MountainNNE 16°289 m11.2 mi
Knight NubbleNNE 14°283 m11.0 mi
Little NotchNNE 14°271 m11.0 mi
Norumbega MountainNNE 28°260 m13.6 mi
Beech MountainNNE 19°256 m11.8 mi
Western MountainNNE 14°246 m11.1 mi
Acadia MountainNNE 23°208 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1115:59

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, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358211854

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