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Caribou Mountain

Caribou Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Caribou Mountain rises to 259 m in Maine. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the north-northeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Catherine Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137628, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
259 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.60869, -68.11001

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 57
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 3.0 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 7.9 mi
  • Sumner Park: 8.0 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 8.1 mi
  • Cable Pool Park: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 15.7 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 15.7 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Black Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Molasses Pond Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Rogers Point Beach: 11.5 mi
Museums: 14
  • Hancock Historical Society: 9.0 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 14.8 mi
  • Historical Museum: 14.9 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 15.8 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 7.7 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 15.7 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 16.0 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 16.7 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 17.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 15.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 15.7 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 19.2 mi
  • The Bubble: 19.9 mi
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Long Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 16.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Double Arch: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 15.8 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 7.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Caribou Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainNNE 21°325 m2.3 mi
Schoodic MountainSW 216°319 m3.0 mi
Black MountainSSW 194°304 m1.6 mi
Catherine MountainENE 64°284 m1.2 mi
Schoodic NubbleSW 221°202 m3.3 mi
Peaked MountainSSE 158°201 m3.7 mi
Blackwood MountainSE 145°194 m4.1 mi
McCabe MountainENE 64°181 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
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, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 563528 — Caribou Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358212983

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