Blood Mountain
Blood Mountain rises to 97 m in Maine. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cancer Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q33137126, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 97 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 24.3 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 25.4 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cancer Hill: 0.6 mi
- Deer Hill: 1.5 mi
- Button Hill: 2.1 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Dodge Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hancock Pond Water Access: 3.7 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West): 4.7 mi
- Kiski Lot Trails: 5.1 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East): 5.3 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley): 6.0 mi
- Jacob Buck Pond Boat Access: 4.0 mi
- Silver Lake Trails: 7.2 mi
- Sherwood Forest Park: 7.4 mi
- Orrington Picnic Park: 7.7 mi
- Sunset Park: 7.8 mi
- Telephone Museum: 6.1 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 8.6 mi
- Clewley Museum: 8.7 mi
- Police Museum: 9.2 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 9.3 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 8.9 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 9.1 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 9.3 mi
- The Whale: 9.3 mi
- Before The Wind: 9.3 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 9.2 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 9.3 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Peirce Memorial Statue: 9.6 mi
- Fort Knox: 9.8 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 4.6 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 7.6 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 8.8 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 9.4 mi
- Maine Discovery Museum: 9.4 mi
- Hales Beach: 11.3 mi
- Otis Beach: 12.2 mi
- Dunn Beach: 12.3 mi
- Jesse Beach: 13.3 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 13.4 mi
- Rider Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Parks Pond Bluff: 13.3 mi
- The Bluffs: 14.7 mi
- Fletcher Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 8.9 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 10.5 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 14.9 mi
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 15.0 mi
- Indian Island Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.4 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 14.1 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 16.6 mi
- Monroe Falls: 18.4 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Blood Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | ESE 111° | 342 m | 4.1 mi |
| Big Hill | ENE 78° | 338 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Waldo | WSW 237° | 320 m | 12.5 mi |
| Blackcap | NE 48° | 312 m | 7.7 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | S 172° | 291 m | 5.5 mi |
| Flag Hill | SSE 150° | 270 m | 6.1 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | ESE 120° | 258 m | 2.3 mi |
| Kings Mountain | W 261° | 256 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:09 | 15:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562585 — Blood Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212212
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