Catherine Mountain
Catherine Mountain rises to 284 m in Maine. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the north, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Caribou Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Catherine Mountain (colloquially, Catherine's Hill) is a 962-foot-high (293 m) mountain in Township 10 SD (commonly referred to as the Blackswoods Township or Blacks Woods District) Hancock County, Maine. Catherine's Hill is locally referred to as the section of the Black's Woods Road (Route 182 between Franklin and Cherryfield) which summits near the mountain, the rise ending a short distance from Fox Pond. Both are named after a legendary woman named Catherine, whose ghost is said to haunt the hill.
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Wikidata Q5052829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 284 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 7.9 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 8.2 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 15.3 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 9 mi
- Frazer Point · 17 mi
- Overlook · 18 mi
- Beach · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Caribou Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Tunk Mountain: 1.6 mi
- McCabe Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Anderson Pond Nubble: 2.6 mi
- Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land: 2.7 mi
- Little Tunk Pond Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Spring River Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Spring River - Narraguagus Forest Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Schoodic Bog Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 1.9 mi
- Cable Pool Park: 7.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
- Stewart Park: 8.1 mi
- Unionville Ballfield: 8.6 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 14.6 mi
- The Ovens: 15.1 mi
- Sols Cliff: 17.6 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 16.6 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 16.6 mi
- Newlin Garden: 16.6 mi
- COA Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Coniferous Woods: 18.5 mi
- Black Beach: 3.0 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 3.5 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 5.8 mi
- Molasses Pond Beach: 9.0 mi
- Rogers Point Beach: 11.3 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 8.8 mi
- The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 16.5 mi
- Eden's Civil War Monument: 16.9 mi
- Old Farm Estate: 17.5 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 18.8 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 10.2 mi
- Winter Harbor Historical Society: 15.3 mi
- Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 16.7 mi
- Abbe Museum: 16.9 mi
- Big Chief Spring: 12.6 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 18.0 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 18.6 mi
- Fern Spring: 20.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 21.3 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 16.6 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 16.6 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 18.8 mi
- Schoodic Point: 19.7 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 20.5 mi
- Long Falls: 4.2 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 17.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 17.9 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 19.6 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 21.9 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 15.2 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 17.6 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 18.3 mi
- Petit Manan Light: 20.4 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 24.7 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 15.1 mi
- Double Arch: 17.6 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 16.7 mi
- Water Street Mural: 17.4 mi
- Long Cove: 8.5 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Catherine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunk Mountain | N 350° | 325 m | 1.6 mi |
| Schoodic Mountain | SW 224° | 319 m | 4.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | SW 215° | 304 m | 2.6 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | WSW 244° | 259 m | 1.2 mi |
| Schoodic Nubble | SW 227° | 202 m | 4.5 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | S 176° | 201 m | 4.0 mi |
| Blackwood Mountain | SSE 162° | 194 m | 4.1 mi |
| McCabe Mountain | ENE 63° | 181 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:07 | 15:55 |
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, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358213097
Day trips start here
- Ellsworth · 19 mi
- Surry · 23 mi
- Acadia National Park · 30 mi
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