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The Anvil

The Anvil, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33150695, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
55 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.34175, -68.04584

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 52
  • 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
Beaches: 28
Gardens: 21
  • Mixed Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 18
  • Bates Memorial: 7.4 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 7.6 mi
  • Fabri memorial: 7.7 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 8.1 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 8.1 mi
Museums: 14
  • Historical Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 4.2 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 8.5 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 13.5 mi
  • Long Falls: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 8.5 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 23.2 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 12.8 mi
  • Double Arch: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 13.9 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainW 275°466 m8.8 mi
Sargent MountainW 271°419 m11.2 mi
Dorr MountainW 276°387 m8.5 mi
Pemetic MountainW 267°380 m9.9 mi
Penobscot MountainW 267°360 m10.9 mi
Champlain MountainW 275°323 m7.3 mi
Dike PeakW 267°321 m8.9 mi
Gilmore PeakW 269°316 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:45
June solstice04:4919:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0615:0815:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 11 mi away.

In the park

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).

Sources

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

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