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Great Pond Hill

Great Pond Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Great Pond Hill rises to 193 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kebo Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33139054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
193 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.37402, -68.22938

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Glen Mary Park: 1.2 mi
  • DeGregoire Green: 1.2 mi
  • Barker Park: 1.5 mi
  • Village Green: 1.5 mi
  • Harborview Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 38
Gardens: 21
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 1.3 mi
  • Heath: 1.3 mi
  • Brookside: 1.3 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 1.3 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 1.3 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 18
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 1.5 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 1.5 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 1.5 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 1.5 mi
Museums: 16
  • Abbe Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 1.5 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 1.5 mi
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 5.3 mi
  • La petite Plaisance: 6.6 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Maple Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Birch Spring: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 1.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 1.7 mi
  • The Bubble: 2.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 4.2 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 1.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 5.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Long Falls: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 1.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 15.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Double Arch: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 10.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Great Pond Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainS 170°466 m1.5 mi
Sargent MountainSW 226°419 m3.0 mi
Dorr MountainSSE 154°387 m1.5 mi
Pemetic MountainSSW 197°380 m2.8 mi
Penobscot MountainSSW 213°360 m3.4 mi
Bernard MountainSW 235°326 m8.6 mi
Champlain MountainSE 133°323 m2.4 mi
Dike PeakS 176°321 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
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, 2 mi away.

In the park

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).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1911648 — Great Hill, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358231445

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