Day Mountain
Day Mountain rises to 178 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the north, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cleft, a cliff 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q33138127, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 3 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 3 mi
- Hawk Watch · 3 mi
- Frazer Point · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seal Harbor Beach: 1.1 mi
- Town play ground: 1.3 mi
- Thuya Garden: 2.3 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.6 mi
- Hadlock Park: 3.8 mi
- Preble Cove Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Cranberry Shores Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 6.7 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Ox Hill: 0.7 mi
- The Triad: 0.8 mi
- Redfield Hill: 1.0 mi
- Barr Hill: 1.1 mi
- Eagles Crag: 1.3 mi
- Hunters Beach: 1.0 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 1.3 mi
- Boulder Beach: 2.1 mi
- Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Gilley Beach: 3.6 mi
- The Cleft: 0.2 mi
- Rhodes Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Pierce Head: 2.0 mi
- Otter Cliffs: 2.1 mi
- Otter Cliff: 2.1 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 3.1 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 3.3 mi
- Abbe Museum: 3.7 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 5.0 mi
- Champlain Monument: 0.7 mi
- Fabri memorial: 1.8 mi
- Bates Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 3.6 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 3.6 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 2.6 mi
- Baker Island Light: 5.0 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 5.6 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 8.0 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 8.0 mi
- Birch Spring: 2.5 mi
- Maple Spring: 2.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 3.4 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 3.8 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 4.1 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 2.1 mi
- Thunder Hole: 2.3 mi
- The Bubble: 2.3 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 4.4 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.8 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 1.2 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 3.9 mi
- Newlin Garden: 5.9 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 5.9 mi
- COA Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 2.8 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 4.2 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 20.6 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 5.7 mi
- Water Street Mural: 18.6 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 9.1 mi
- Double Arch: 22.2 mi
- Long Cove: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Day Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | N 8° | 466 m | 3.0 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | NW 319° | 419 m | 3.1 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | NNE 14° | 387 m | 3.2 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | NNW 339° | 380 m | 1.9 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | NW 313° | 360 m | 2.4 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | NNE 33° | 323 m | 3.4 mi |
| Dike Peak | N 9° | 321 m | 1.8 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | NW 310° | 316 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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, 5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358214151
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 8 mi
- Surry · 19 mi
- Ellsworth · 22 mi
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