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Catskin Mountain

Catskin Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Catskin Mountain rises to 117 m in Maine. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the west-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q33137691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
117 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.61119, -68.01001

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 51
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 2.0 mi
  • Cable Pool Park: 3.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
  • Stewart Park: 4.3 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Black Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Jordan Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Rogers Point Beach: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 9
  • Hancock Historical Society: 13.3 mi
  • Ruggles House Museum: 14.0 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 15.4 mi
  • Historical Museum: 15.5 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 9
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 15.1 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 16.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 18.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 18.0 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 19.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 17.9 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 18.2 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 18.7 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 20.0 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 18.8 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 22.9 mi
Springs: 6
  • Big Chief Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 18.2 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 18.2 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 19.8 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 14.7 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 17.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 18.1 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Catskin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainWNW325 m4.6 mi
Schoodic MountainWSW319 m7.2 mi
Black MountainWSW304 m5.6 mi
Catherine MountainW284 m3.8 mi
Caribou MountainW259 m4.9 mi
Schoodic NubbleWSW202 m7.6 mi
Peaked MountainSW201 m5.1 mi
Blackwood MountainSW194 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4819:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0715:0715:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425260666659483827
Precip in4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1911472 — Catskin Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358231360

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