Compass Rock
Compass Rock rises to 52 m in Maine. Pughole Mountain stands 118 m to the north, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cocoa Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137913, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 52 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Reynolds Marsh Overlook · 3 mi
- Woodcock Habitat · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cocoa Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Stone Hill: 2.1 mi
- Yellowbirch Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Eastern Knubble: 4.2 mi
- Keniston Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Reynold’s Brook – Orange River Wildlife Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Whiting Bay Beach: 9.2 mi
- Mays Brook Cove: 9.4 mi
- South Bay Narrows: 10.1 mi
- Mill Memorial Park: 10.1 mi
- Davis Beach: 7.4 mi
- Boot Cove Beach: 8.7 mi
- Jasper Beach: 10.8 mi
- Pettegrow Beach: 10.8 mi
- Mowry Beach: 13.4 mi
- Fairy Head: 3.9 mi
- Great Head: 5.6 mi
- The Rim: 10.1 mi
- Jasper Head: 11.0 mi
- Black Head: 11.7 mi
- Shipwreck: 12.8 mi
- Burnham Tavern Museum: 13.5 mi
- Boynton Street Historic District: 16.1 mi
- Eastport Arts Center: 16.1 mi
- Eastport Historic District: 16.2 mi
- Gates House Museum: 10.4 mi
- Robert S. Peacock Fire Museum: 13.7 mi
- McCurdy's Smokehouse Museum: 13.9 mi
- Mustard Mill Museum: 15.9 mi
- Barracks Museum: 16.1 mi
- Abandoned Coast Guard Life Saving Station: 8.5 mi
- Easternmost Point in the U. S. A.: 13.3 mi
- Lubec Veterans Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Lost Fishermen's Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Ramp of Ferry to Deer Island: 16.4 mi
- Beyond the Horizon: 13.8 mi
- Civil War Monument: 13.9 mi
- Fisherman: 16.1 mi
- Nerida, Eastport Mermaid: 16.2 mi
- Nature's Grace: 16.2 mi
- Esey Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Little Lake Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 8.4 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 13.4 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Compass Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pughole Mountain | N 354° | 118 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pumpkin Ridge | W 272° | 104 m | 15.3 mi |
| Yellowbirch Mountain | N 8° | 98 m | 3.9 mi |
| Woodruff Mountain | W 267° | 93 m | 8.8 mi |
| Estey Mountain | NNW 338° | 82 m | 4.6 mi |
| Crane Mountain | N 3° | 82 m | 7.6 mi |
| Conner Hill | NW 319° | 80 m | 14.5 mi |
| The Porcupine | NE 54° | 78 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 19:34 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:50 | 18:28 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:03 | 15:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastport, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358213663
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