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Catamount

Catamount, seen from above at true elevation

Catamount rises to 117 m in Maine. Dorr Mountain stands 387 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Pond Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.8 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137680, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
117 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.54536, -68.18335

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sumner Park: 2.5 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 2.7 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
  • Sorrento Village Green: 5.0 mi
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • The Ovens: 8.4 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 12.0 mi
  • Central Slabs: 13.7 mi
  • The Alcove: 13.7 mi
  • Lower Wall: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 10.5 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 10.5 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 12.7 mi
Museums: 17
  • Hancock Historical Society: 3.7 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 10.6 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 11.4 mi
  • Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 2.0 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 10.6 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 11.0 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 11.8 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 10.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 10.7 mi
  • The Bubble: 14.6 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 15.5 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Double Arch: 19.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 10.8 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 2.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dorr MountainS 187°387 m13.3 mi
Tunk MountainNE 34°325 m7.9 mi
Schoodic MountainNE 43°319 m2.6 mi
Black MountainNE 49°304 m4.3 mi
Catherine MountainNE 44°284 m6.8 mi
The WhitecapSSW 192°276 m12.8 mi
Caribou MountainNE 39°259 m5.7 mi
Huguenot HeadS 184°222 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0815:56

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 580115 — Catamount, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358226300

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