Defence Head
Defence Head rises to 5 m in Maine. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the north, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sears Island Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.
The story
Cape in Waldo County, Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34724832, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Colonel Peterson Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Fort Point State Park: 2.6 mi
- Stockton Springs Recreation Park: 3.1 mi
- Mosman Park: 3.3 mi
- Fort Griffith: 4.1 mi
- Blanchard Hill: 4.3 mi
- Fletcher Hill: 4.3 mi
- Kedears Hill: 5.1 mi
- Whites Head: 5.5 mi
- Perkins Hill: 5.8 mi
- Sears Island Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Rene Henderson Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Greenbie Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Turtle Head Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 4.0 mi
- Spragues Beach: 4.7 mi
- MMA Beach: 5.0 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 5.1 mi
- Billys Shore: 8.4 mi
- Castine Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Wilson Museum: 4.9 mi
- Belfast Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- The Good Life Center: 8.4 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 9.4 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 1.8 mi
- The Bluffs: 7.3 mi
- The Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 9.5 mi
- Gull Ledges: 11.8 mi
- Before The Wind: 9.4 mi
- The Whale: 9.4 mi
- Andre the Seal: 20.7 mi
- Water Street Mural: 22.5 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 24.2 mi
- Fort Pownall: 2.9 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 4.8 mi
- Fort Knox: 8.9 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 9.5 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Dome home: 18.4 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 21.4 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 24.0 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 24.2 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 24.9 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 13.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.6 mi
- Dye Garden: 23.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 24.5 mi
- Monroe Falls: 14.0 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 22.2 mi
- Vinal Falls: 24.8 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 19.2 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 22.4 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Defence Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Waldo | N 349° | 320 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 312° | 248 m | 12.5 mi |
| Houstus Hill | NW 309° | 242 m | 12.3 mi |
| Patterson Hill | WSW 243° | 227 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Ephraim | NW 320° | 226 m | 7.3 mi |
| Ducktrap Mountain | SW 219° | 218 m | 11.7 mi |
| Clement Hill | NW 314° | 210 m | 12.6 mi |
| Beech Hill | SW 223° | 205 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:11 | 15:59 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358224458
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