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Gilmore Peak

Gilmore Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Gilmore Peak rises to 316 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ben's Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33138938, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
316 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.33868, -68.27991

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Suminsby Park: 1.2 mi
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Town play ground: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 40
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Heath: 3.9 mi
  • Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Meadow: 3.9 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 18
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 3.2 mi
  • La petite Plaisance: 3.5 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Wendell Gilley Museum: 4.5 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.8 mi
Springs: 8
  • Maple Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Birch Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Bubble: 1.3 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 4.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 4.9 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.2 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hadlock Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 2.3 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 4.3 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.1 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 6.9 mi
  • Double Arch: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 13.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Gilmore Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainENE 70°466 m2.9 mi
Sargent MountainNE 45°419 m0.4 mi
Dorr MountainENE 71°387 m3.3 mi
Pemetic MountainE 98°380 m1.7 mi
Penobscot MountainESE 122°360 m0.8 mi
Bernard MountainWSW 241°326 m5.2 mi
Champlain MountainE 79°323 m4.3 mi
Dike PeakE 94°321 m2.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 3 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/358219995

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