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Mosquito Mountain

Mosquito Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Mosquito Mountain rises to 173 m in Maine. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the west, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mendall Marsh Park, a park 0.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q33141354, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
173 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.57841, -68.86753

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mendall Marsh Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Waldo Quarry: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans’ Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Battery A: 3.3 mi
  • Fort Knox State Historic Site: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 30
Museums: 27
Artworks: 19
  • The Whale: 3.6 mi
  • Before The Wind: 3.6 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 15.2 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 15.6 mi
  • Greetings From Bangor Maine: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Historic sites: 12
Attractions: 12
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 13.0 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 15.2 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 15.3 mi
  • Bangor YMCA: 15.9 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Children's Garden: 15.6 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 16.2 mi
  • Peace Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Dye Garden: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Monroe Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 16.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Mosquito Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WaldoW 276°320 m1.4 mi
Great Pond MountainE 81°291 m10.0 mi
Kings MountainNE 41°256 m8.5 mi
Bear HillW 263°248 m9.0 mi
Houstus HillW 261°242 m9.3 mi
Mount EphraimSW 229°226 m5.7 mi
Jacob Buck MountainNE 49°215 m7.1 mi
Thurlow HillWNW 300°213 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0918:48
June solstice04:5119:4020:25
September equinox06:2317:5718:35
December solstice07:1015:1015:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 571735 — Mosquito Mountain, Waldo County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358222223

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