The Anvil
The Anvil rises to 55 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Schoodic Head, a peak 0.7 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33150695, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 55 m
How to reach it
- On the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 6.8 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
- 18.1 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Frazer Point · 3 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 7 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 7 mi
- Hawk Watch · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ned Island Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Flat Island: 3.7 mi
- Schoodic Forest: 4.6 mi
- Corea Heath Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Schoodic Head: 0.7 mi
- Buck Cove Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Birch Harbor Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Ash Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Schooner Head: 6.4 mi
- Gouldsboro Town Park: 4.7 mi
- Town play ground: 8.2 mi
- Grant Park: 8.3 mi
- Village Green: 8.5 mi
- Jones Pond Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
- Sand Beach: 6.8 mi
- Boulder Beach: 7.4 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 8.7 mi
- Hunters Beach: 9.0 mi
- Rogers Point Beach: 9.7 mi
- Ravens Nest: 1.6 mi
- Oak Hill Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Lower Wall: 7.1 mi
- Central Slabs: 7.1 mi
- The Alcove: 7.1 mi
- Historical Museum: 4.1 mi
- Winter Harbor Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Abbe Museum: 8.1 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 9.5 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 11.1 mi
- Bates Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Old Farm Estate: 7.6 mi
- Fabri memorial: 7.7 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 8.1 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 8.1 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 2.5 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 4.6 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 4.6 mi
- Petit Manan Light: 9.1 mi
- Baker Island Light: 10.3 mi
- Big Chief Spring: 6.5 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 8.2 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 8.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 11.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 11.3 mi
- Schoodic Point: 1.0 mi
- Thunder Hole: 7.2 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 7.4 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 8.6 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.6 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 8.1 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 9.4 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 9.4 mi
- Newlin Garden: 9.4 mi
- COA Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 11.6 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 13.5 mi
- Long Falls: 22.4 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 8.5 mi
- Water Street Mural: 23.2 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 12.8 mi
- Double Arch: 13.1 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Long Cove: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of The Anvil. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | W 275° | 466 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | W 271° | 419 m | 11.2 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | W 276° | 387 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | W 267° | 380 m | 9.9 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | W 267° | 360 m | 10.9 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | W 275° | 323 m | 7.3 mi |
| Dike Peak | W 267° | 321 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | W 269° | 316 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:36 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:08 | 15:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 11 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 576741 — The Anvil, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358224973
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 16 mi
- Surry · 25 mi
- Ellsworth · 27 mi
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