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The Beehive

The Beehive, a peak in Maine
The Beehive, a peak in MaineDavid Fulmer (daveynin) · CC BY 2.0

The Beehive rises to 158 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Halfway Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.

The story

Mountain in Acadia National Park, Maine, United States.

Wikidata Q33150710, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
158 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.33373, -68.18807

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town play ground: 1.5 mi
  • Glen Mary Park: 3.5 mi
  • Seal Harbor Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Village Green: 3.8 mi
  • Grant Park: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 34
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 15
  • Abbe Museum: 2.1 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.5 mi
  • Islesford Historical Museum: 5.6 mi
  • La petite Plaisance: 5.8 mi
  • Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Bates Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Fabri memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 2.0 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 2.0 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 2.8 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 8
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Birch Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Thunder Hole: 0.9 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 1.5 mi
  • The Bubble: 3.2 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 4.1 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 2.2 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Hadlock Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 4.6 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 6.4 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Long Falls: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 4.0 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 18.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 8.2 mi
  • Double Arch: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 12.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of The Beehive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainNW466 m2.2 mi
Sargent MountainW419 m4.3 mi
Dorr MountainNW387 m2.0 mi
Pemetic MountainW380 m2.8 mi
Penobscot MountainW360 m3.9 mi
Champlain MountainNNW323 m1.2 mi
Dike PeakW321 m1.9 mi
Gilmore PeakW316 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:21
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:0915:57

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, 5 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 578887 — The Beehive, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358225983

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