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Duck Pond Hill

Duck Pond Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Duck Pond Hill rises to 140 m in Maine. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the east-northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Fiery Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33138383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
140 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.60480, -68.17640

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Sumner Park: 5.8 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 5.9 mi
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 6.3 mi
  • Eastbrook Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 21
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 14.6 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 14.6 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Black Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Molasses Pond Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Marlboro Beach: 10.6 mi
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 13
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 5.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 14.8 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 15.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 16.0 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 17.1 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 14.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 14.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 18.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 19.6 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 19.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Maple Spring: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 15.0 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 19.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 12.3 mi
  • Double Arch: 20.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Water Street Mural: 13.0 mi
  • Baxter The Lobster: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Duck Pond Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainENE 59°325 m4.7 mi
Schoodic MountainSE 146°319 m2.6 mi
Black MountainESE 114°304 m3.2 mi
Catherine MountainE 79°284 m4.4 mi
Caribou MountainE 85°259 m3.3 mi
Schoodic NubbleSSE 155°202 m2.5 mi
Peaked MountainSE 124°201 m5.6 mi
Blackwood MountainESE 119°194 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4819:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0815:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231425361676759483727
Precip in4.13.64.24.33.74.53.13.13.95.14.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 565363 — Duck Pond Hill, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358219240

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