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Blackwood Mountain

Blackwood Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Blackwood Mountain rises to 194 m in Maine. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the north-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Peaked Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.3 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America.

Wikidata Q33137103, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
194 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.56008, -68.06140

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 60
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 4.0 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 5.2 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
  • Cable Pool Park: 7.0 mi
  • Stewart Park: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 22
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Black Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Rogers Point Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Jordan Beach: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 21
Museums: 14
  • Hancock Historical Society: 9.8 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 11.5 mi
  • Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 13.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 13.6 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 13.6 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 15.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 17.7 mi
  • The Bubble: 17.9 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 13.6 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 13.9 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 14.4 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 15.7 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 15.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Long Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 14.5 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Gardens: 6
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 13.8 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 13.9 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 15.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 13.1 mi
  • Double Arch: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 13.7 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 6.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Blackwood Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainNNW325 m5.7 mi
Schoodic MountainWNW319 m4.3 mi
Black MountainWNW304 m3.3 mi
Catherine MountainNNW284 m4.1 mi
Caribou MountainNW259 m4.1 mi
Schoodic NubbleW202 m4.7 mi
Peaked MountainW201 m1.0 mi
McCabe MountainN181 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:45
June solstice04:4819:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0715:0715:56

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, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562536 — Blackwood Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358212168

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