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Day Mountain

Day Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.30960, -68.23188

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Beaches: 37
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Roadside: 3.8 mi
  • Meadow: 3.8 mi
  • Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 18
Lighthouses: 14
Springs: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hadlock Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 4.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 5.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.7 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Double Arch: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainN 8°466 m3.0 mi
Sargent MountainNW 319°419 m3.1 mi
Dorr MountainNNE 14°387 m3.2 mi
Pemetic MountainNNW 339°380 m1.9 mi
Penobscot MountainNW 313°360 m2.4 mi
Champlain MountainNNE 33°323 m3.4 mi
Dike PeakN 9°321 m1.8 mi
Gilmore PeakNW 310°316 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358214151

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