Huguenot Head
Huguenot Head rises to 222 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Champlain Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33139894, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 222 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 6.1 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 18.7 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 19.7 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 1 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 1 mi
- Sunset view · 2 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Champlain Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Dorr Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Cranberry Hill: 1.0 mi
- Enoch Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cadillac Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Glen Mary Park: 2.1 mi
- Village Green: 2.4 mi
- Town play ground: 2.4 mi
- Grant Park: 2.5 mi
- Barker Park: 2.5 mi
- Flat Island: 5.0 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Ned Island Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 6.1 mi
- Stave Island Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Sand Beach: 1.9 mi
- Boulder Beach: 2.8 mi
- Hunters Beach: 3.8 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 3.8 mi
- Gilley Beach: 6.8 mi
- Central Slabs: 0.6 mi
- South Wall Main Cliff: 0.6 mi
- The Alcove: 0.7 mi
- Lower Wall: 0.7 mi
- Sols Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Roadside: 0.7 mi
- Mixed Woods: 0.7 mi
- Mixed Woods: 0.7 mi
- Mixed Woods: 0.7 mi
- Meadow: 0.8 mi
- John Innes Kane: 0.5 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 0.5 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 0.6 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 1.1 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 1.2 mi
- Abbe Museum: 0.7 mi
- Abbe Museum: 2.3 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 3.1 mi
- Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Winter Harbor Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 3.1 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 5.9 mi
- Baker Island Light: 7.7 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 9.9 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 0.7 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 1.5 mi
- Fern Spring: 3.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 3.8 mi
- Birch Spring: 4.1 mi
- Thunder Hole: 2.3 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 2.7 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 2.7 mi
- The Bubble: 2.8 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 2.9 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 3.2 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 4.3 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 6.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 19.0 mi
- Long Falls: 23.0 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 2.5 mi
- Water Street Mural: 17.1 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 6.7 mi
- Double Arch: 19.6 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Long Cove: 11.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Huguenot Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | W 269° | 466 m | 1.2 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | W 259° | 419 m | 3.7 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | W 277° | 387 m | 0.8 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | WSW 241° | 380 m | 2.6 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | WSW 247° | 360 m | 3.6 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | ESE 120° | 323 m | 0.3 mi |
| Dike Peak | SW 227° | 321 m | 1.8 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | WSW 256° | 316 m | 4.1 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 | 07:06 | 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, 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- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 568444 — Huguenot Head, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358220875
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 11 mi
- Surry · 18 mi
- Ellsworth · 20 mi
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