Flying Mountain
Flying Mountain rises to 87 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jesuit Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33138749, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 87 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 12.4 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 23.2 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 26.4 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 5 mi
- Hawk Watch · 6 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 7 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Valley Peak: 0.4 mi
- Saint Sauveur Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Acadia Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Beech Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Norumbega Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Charlotte Rhoades Park: 1.1 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 1.6 mi
- Pemetic Elementary School play area: 1.6 mi
- Chris's Pond Park: 1.8 mi
- Thuya Garden: 1.9 mi
- Preble Cove Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Kelley Farm Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Mitchell Marsh Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Cranberry Shores Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 1.4 mi
- Hunters Beach: 4.8 mi
- Back Beach: 5.0 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 5.1 mi
- Cobble Beach: 5.1 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 0.8 mi
- Canada Cliff: 1.2 mi
- Beach Cliff: 1.7 mi
- Pierce Head: 2.9 mi
- The Cleft: 4.2 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 3.1 mi
- Heath: 6.7 mi
- Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Meadow: 6.7 mi
- Roadside: 6.7 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 1.4 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 1.6 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 4.1 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 4.5 mi
- Yourcenar: 4.2 mi
- Champlain Monument: 4.3 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 5.6 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 5.6 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 5.7 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 2.6 mi
- Oil House: 5.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 5.6 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 5.6 mi
- Bell House: 5.6 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 0.3 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 1.0 mi
- Birch Spring: 2.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 3.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 3.8 mi
- The Bubble: 4.0 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 4.1 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 6.2 mi
- Thunder Hole: 6.4 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.2 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 1.1 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 2.6 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.3 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 19.3 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 8.1 mi
- Water Street Mural: 17.4 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 9.7 mi
- Long Cove: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Flying Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | NE 52° | 466 m | 5.7 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | NE 35° | 419 m | 3.5 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | NE 56° | 380 m | 4.1 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | NE 48° | 360 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | W 270° | 326 m | 2.8 mi |
| Dike Peak | ENE 62° | 321 m | 5.0 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | NE 34° | 316 m | 3.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 33° | 297 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:10 | 15:58 |
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, 6 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- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 566329 — Flying Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358219725
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 6 mi
- Surry · 17 mi
- Ellsworth · 20 mi
- Orland · 28 mi
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