Mosquito Mountain
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
- 26.8 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Heagan Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mack Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mount Waldo: 1.4 mi
- Eustis Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Smith Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Waldo Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Penobscot Shore Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Long Cove Headwaters Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Verona Island Water Access: 6.9 mi
- Blueberry Hill: 8.1 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 5.8 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 12.8 mi
- MMA Beach: 13.7 mi
- Spragues Beach: 13.8 mi
- Hales Beach: 17.4 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 3.5 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 4.1 mi
- Belfast Historical Society: 12.6 mi
- Castine Historical Society: 13.4 mi
- Wilson Museum: 13.8 mi
- 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
- Sears Island Ledge: 10.4 mi
- The Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Rider Bluff: 14.6 mi
- The Bluff: 15.9 mi
- The Bluffs: 16.6 mi
- Fort Knox: 3.3 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 3.9 mi
- Fort Pownall: 8.1 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 13.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Waldo | W 276° | 320 m | 1.4 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | E 81° | 291 m | 10.0 mi |
| Kings Mountain | NE 41° | 256 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 263° | 248 m | 9.0 mi |
| Houstus Hill | W 261° | 242 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Ephraim | SW 229° | 226 m | 5.7 mi |
| Jacob Buck Mountain | NE 49° | 215 m | 7.1 mi |
| Thurlow Hill | WNW 300° | 213 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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, 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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