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Knight Nubble

Knight Nubble, seen from above at true elevation

Knight Nubble rises to 283 m in Maine. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the east-northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Notch, a peak 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33140331, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
283 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.30454, -68.37054

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 2.3 mi
  • Seal Cove Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 2.8 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 2.9 mi
  • Suminsby Park: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 57
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Heath: 9.0 mi
  • Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Meadow: 9.0 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • Lurvey Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 6.2 mi
  • The Bubble: 6.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 9.0 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 9.1 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 2.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 10.1 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 17.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Knight Nubble. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainENE 61°419 m5.5 mi
Pemetic MountainENE 71°380 m6.5 mi
Penobscot MountainENE 69°360 m5.5 mi
Bernard MountainSSW 205°326 m0.2 mi
Dike PeakENE 73°321 m7.5 mi
Gilmore PeakENE 62°316 m5.1 mi
Bald PeakENE 64°297 m4.8 mi
Mansell MountainENE 74°289 m0.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1015:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 7 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

OpenStreetMap element node/358221241

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