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South Bubble

South Bubble rises to 220 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-northeast, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Bubble, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33148411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
220 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.33936, -68.25371

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Suminsby Park: 2.5 mi
  • Town play ground: 2.7 mi
  • Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Thuya Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 39
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Heath: 2.8 mi
  • Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Meadow: 2.8 mi
  • Roadside: 2.8 mi
  • Pitch Pine Upland: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 1.7 mi
  • Andrew Murray Young: 1.9 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 2.6 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 2.6 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 2.7 mi
Museums: 18
  • Abbe Museum: 2.7 mi
  • La petite Plaisance: 3.9 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 4.0 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.1 mi
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 4.3 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Maple Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Birch Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 3.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Bubble: 0.0 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 3.5 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 3.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 4.3 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 4.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Hadlock Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 3.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 3.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Long Falls: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 4.2 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 16.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 6.9 mi
  • Double Arch: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 12.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of South Bubble. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainENE 58°466 m1.7 mi
Sargent MountainWNW 285°419 m1.0 mi
Dorr MountainENE 60°387 m2.1 mi
Pemetic MountainSE 125°380 m0.5 mi
Penobscot MountainSW 235°360 m0.8 mi
Bernard MountainWSW 246°326 m6.4 mi
Champlain MountainENE 75°323 m3.1 mi
Dike PeakE 100°321 m1.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

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, 2 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/358231595

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