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Cedar Swamp Mountain

Cedar Swamp Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cedar Swamp Mountain rises to 283 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Birch Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137712, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
283 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.32831, -68.27613

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Suminsby Park: 1.5 mi
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Town play ground: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 38
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Heath: 4.1 mi
  • Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Meadow: 4.1 mi
  • Roadside: 4.1 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 18
Springs: 8
  • Birch Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Fern Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Bubble: 1.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 4.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 4.4 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 5.3 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hadlock Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 2.1 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 4.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.5 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Double Arch: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 13.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Cedar Swamp Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainENE 57°466 m3.1 mi
Sargent MountainN 7°419 m1.0 mi
Dorr MountainENE 58°387 m3.5 mi
Pemetic MountainENE 73°380 m1.6 mi
Penobscot MountainNE 56°360 m0.6 mi
Bernard MountainWSW 249°326 m5.1 mi
Champlain MountainENE 69°323 m4.3 mi
Dike PeakENE 78°321 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

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, 3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 563738 — Cedar Swamp Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358213137

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