Cadillac Mountain
Cadillac Mountain rises to 466 m in Maine. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the west-southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephen Tyng Mather, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Cadillac Mountain is located on Mount Desert Island, within Acadia National Park, in the U.S. state of Maine. With an elevation of nearly 1,530 feet (470 meters), its summit is the highest point in Hancock County and the highest within 25 miles (40 km) of the Atlantic shoreline of the North American continent between the Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, and peaks in Mexico. It is known as the first place in the continental U.S. to see the sunrise, although that is only true for a portion of the year.
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Wikidata Q1025202, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 466 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 7.3 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 18.8 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 20.7 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 1 mi
- Sunset view · 1 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 2 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dorr Mountain: 0.4 mi
- The Whitecap: 1.0 mi
- Dike Peak: 1.2 mi
- Huguenot Head: 1.2 mi
- Kebo Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Glen Mary Park: 2.2 mi
- Town play ground: 2.5 mi
- DeGregoire Green: 2.6 mi
- Village Green: 2.6 mi
- Barker Park: 2.7 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 5.0 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Stone Barn Farm Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Flat Island: 6.1 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Sand Beach: 2.6 mi
- Boulder Beach: 3.1 mi
- Hunters Beach: 3.7 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 3.8 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 6.1 mi
- Heath: 1.0 mi
- Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Meadow: 1.0 mi
- Roadside: 1.0 mi
- Pitch Pine Upland: 1.0 mi
- South Wall Main Cliff: 1.7 mi
- Central Slabs: 1.7 mi
- The Alcove: 1.7 mi
- Lower Wall: 1.8 mi
- Sols Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 0.0 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 0.9 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 0.9 mi
- John Innes Kane: 0.9 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 0.9 mi
- Abbe Museum: 1.0 mi
- Abbe Museum: 2.5 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 2.9 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 5.4 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 4.2 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 5.3 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
- Baker Island Light: 7.8 mi
- Oil House: 10.6 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 1.0 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 1.4 mi
- Fern Spring: 2.5 mi
- Maple Spring: 2.7 mi
- Birch Spring: 3.0 mi
- The Bubble: 1.7 mi
- Thunder Hole: 2.8 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 2.8 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 2.8 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 3.3 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 2.7 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 3.2 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 18.3 mi
- Long Falls: 23.5 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 2.7 mi
- Water Street Mural: 16.3 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 6.3 mi
- Double Arch: 20.8 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Long Cove: 11.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Cadillac Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sargent Mountain | WSW 255° | 419 m | 2.5 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | ENE 73° | 387 m | 0.4 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | SW 221° | 380 m | 1.6 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | WSW 237° | 360 m | 2.5 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | E 96° | 323 m | 1.5 mi |
| Dike Peak | S 185° | 321 m | 1.2 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | WSW 251° | 316 m | 2.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 248° | 297 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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, 2 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Acadia National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212834
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 10 mi
- Surry · 17 mi
- Ellsworth · 20 mi
- Orland · 29 mi
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