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Sawyer Mountain

Sawyer Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sawyer Mountain rises to 148 m in Maine. Caterpillar Mountain stands 148 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 25 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33146895, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
148 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.06066, -68.62021

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Beaches
Parks
  • Rabbits Ear Island: 1.5 mi
  • Doliver Island: 1.7 mi
  • Fog Island: 3.4 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 6.9 mi
  • Geary's Beach Town Park: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 31
Cliffs: 11
Historic sites: 10
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 1.8 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 10.0 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 10.1 mi
  • House Foundation: 10.3 mi
  • Store Foundation: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 6
Attractions: 2
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 2.2 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lurvey Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 21.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Sawyer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Caterpillar MountainN 353°148 m18.8 mi
Rocky MountainNNE 14°144 m0.2 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 190°127 m0.7 mi
Bald MountainNE 36°121 m19.9 mi
Winche MountainNNW 345°92 m19.4 mi
Duck Harbor MountainSSW 209°80 m3.0 mi
Wentworth MountainSSW 211°78 m1.7 mi
Goose Pond MountainENE 61°74 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0715:1216:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435362686861493928
Precip in4.84.25.05.24.24.53.23.44.56.15.35.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 28 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 574970 — Sawyer Mountain, Knox County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358223810

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