Great Pond Hill
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.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33139054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 193 m
How to reach it
- On the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 7.1 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
- 20.1 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 1 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 4 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 4 mi
- Frazer Point · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kebo Mountain: 0.5 mi
- The Whitecap: 0.7 mi
- Great Hill: 0.8 mi
- Brewer Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cadillac Mountain: 1.5 mi
- 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
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 4.3 mi
- Stone Barn Farm Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Stave Island Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Flat Island: 6.2 mi
- Sand Beach: 3.9 mi
- Boulder Beach: 4.6 mi
- Hunters Beach: 5.2 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 5.3 mi
- Lamoine Beach: 6.0 mi
- Sols Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Central Slabs: 2.7 mi
- South Wall Main Cliff: 2.7 mi
- The Alcove: 2.7 mi
- Lower Wall: 2.7 mi
- Abbe Museum: 1.4 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 1.5 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 5.3 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 6.6 mi
- Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Eden's Civil War Monument: 1.5 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 1.5 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 1.5 mi
- The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 1.8 mi
- Old Farm Estate: 1.8 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 4.7 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 6.6 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Baker Island Light: 9.3 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 10.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 1.3 mi
- Newlin Garden: 1.5 mi
- COA Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 1.5 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 1.5 mi
- 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
- Baxter The Lobster: 1.6 mi
- Water Street Mural: 15.0 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 4.8 mi
- Double Arch: 20.6 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Long Cove: 10.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | S 170° | 466 m | 1.5 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | SW 226° | 419 m | 3.0 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | SSE 154° | 387 m | 1.5 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | SSW 197° | 380 m | 2.8 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | SSW 213° | 360 m | 3.4 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | SW 235° | 326 m | 8.6 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | SE 133° | 323 m | 2.4 mi |
| Dike Peak | S 176° | 321 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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, 2 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 1911648 — Great Hill, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358231445
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 12 mi
- Surry · 16 mi
- Ellsworth · 18 mi
- Orland · 28 mi
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