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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

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
Peaks
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: 16
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: 11
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 12.7 miles of Great Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE342 m5.0 mi
Big HillNE338 m8.5 mi
Mount WaldoW320 m11.3 mi
BlackcapNNE312 m11.7 mi
Blue Hill MountainSSE281 m12.2 mi
Flag HillE270 m2.3 mi
Peaked MountainNNE258 m4.5 mi
Kings MountainNW256 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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