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Buck Cove Mountain

Buck Cove Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Cove Mountain rises to 68 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Schoodic Head, a peak 0.8 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q33137442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
68 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.36175, -68.05167

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 55
  • Gouldsboro Town Park: 3.4 mi
  • Jones Pond Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
  • Grant Park: 7.6 mi
  • Agamont Park: 7.8 mi
  • Village Green: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 25
Gardens: 21
  • Coniferous Woods: 7.7 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 7.7 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 7.7 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 7.7 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 16
  • Old Farm Estate: 7.0 mi
  • Bates Memorial: 7.6 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 7.7 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 7.7 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 7.8 mi
Museums: 14
  • Historical Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 2.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 7.8 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 8.7 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Schoodic Point: 2.1 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 7.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 7.6 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 7.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 13.4 mi
  • Long Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 7.8 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 22.2 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 11.8 mi
  • Double Arch: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 12.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Buck Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainW 266°466 m8.5 mi
Sargent MountainW 263°419 m11.0 mi
Dorr MountainW 267°387 m8.1 mi
Pemetic MountainW 259°380 m9.7 mi
Penobscot MountainW 259°360 m10.8 mi
Champlain MountainW 264°323 m7.1 mi
Dike PeakWSW 258°321 m8.8 mi
Gilmore PeakW 262°316 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:45
June solstice04:4919:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0615:0815:56

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1911444 — Buck Cove Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358231351

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