McCloud Mountain
McCloud Mountain rises to 101 m in Maine. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Penobscot River Boat Access, a park 1.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33141031, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 101 m
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 27.0 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Penobscot River Boat Access: 1.3 mi
- Fort Knox State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Battery A: 1.5 mi
- Peary's Landing: 1.5 mi
- Bucksport Recreational Facility: 1.9 mi
- Ersking: 1.7 mi
- Mount Tuck: 1.8 mi
- Eustis Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Olive: 2.1 mi
- Heagan Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Verona Island Water Access: 3.1 mi
- Penobscot Shore Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Penobscot Community Forest at Wallamatogus Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery: 5.6 mi
- Mount Waldo Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 3.1 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 10.6 mi
- MMA Beach: 11.3 mi
- Spragues Beach: 12.7 mi
- Hales Beach: 13.5 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 1.6 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 6.6 mi
- Castine Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Wilson Museum: 11.5 mi
- Telephone Museum: 12.4 mi
- Before The Wind: 1.6 mi
- The Whale: 1.6 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 16.5 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 16.9 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 17.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 7.9 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 9.7 mi
- Rider Bluff: 14.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 15.3 mi
- The Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Fort Knox: 1.4 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 1.5 mi
- Fort Pownall: 5.8 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 11.0 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 13.4 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 16.2 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 16.5 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 17.3 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 17.3 mi
- Children's Garden: 16.8 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 17.8 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 19.2 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 21.6 mi
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 24.6 mi
- Monroe Falls: 12.9 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 16.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.2 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of McCloud Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NE 50° | 342 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Waldo | WNW 292° | 320 m | 5.8 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | ENE 59° | 291 m | 6.9 mi |
| Flag Hill | ENE 66° | 270 m | 9.0 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | NE 42° | 258 m | 10.6 mi |
| Kings Mountain | N 11° | 256 m | 8.6 mi |
| Flying Moose Mountain | ENE 62° | 245 m | 9.2 mi |
| Dodge Hill | NE 45° | 234 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:10 | 15:59 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 570954 — McCloud Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221917
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