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Great Pond Mountain

Great Pond Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Great Pond Mountain rises to 291 m in Maine. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

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The story

Great Pond Mountain, also known locally as Great Hill, is a mountain in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is near Orland, Maine.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q14951232, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
291 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.60091, -68.66753

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Orland Bicentennial Park: 4.2 mi
  • Jacob Buck Pond Boat Access: 4.7 mi
  • Branch Lake State Park: 5.1 mi
  • Silver Lake Trails: 5.3 mi
  • Peary's Landing: 6.3 mi
Museums: 29
Artworks: 19
  • Before The Wind: 6.6 mi
  • The Whale: 6.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 12.6 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 14.1 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 19
Historic sites: 17
Attractions: 13
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 9.9 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 13.0 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 14.0 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 14.6 mi
  • Maine Discovery Museum: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 5
  • Children's Garden: 14.2 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 19.2 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Ellsworth Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 15.7 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Great Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 38°342 m5.0 mi
Big HillNE 38°338 m8.5 mi
Mount WaldoW 263°320 m11.3 mi
BlackcapNNE 25°312 m11.7 mi
Blue Hill MountainSSE 162°281 m12.2 mi
Flag HillE 86°270 m2.3 mi
Peaked MountainNNE 17°258 m4.5 mi
Kings MountainNW 319°256 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5019:3920:24
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0915:1015:58

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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358220171

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