The Beehive
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
- On the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 5.8 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 20.0 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 20.2 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beehive Overlook · 1 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 1 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 1 mi
- Hawk Watch · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Halfway Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Enoch Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Gorham Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Great Head: 0.8 mi
- Schooner Head: 1.0 mi
- 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
- Turtle Island Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Flat Island: 5.0 mi
- Ned Island Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Preble Cove Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Stave Island Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Sand Beach: 0.4 mi
- Boulder Beach: 1.4 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 2.7 mi
- Hunters Beach: 2.8 mi
- Gilley Beach: 5.6 mi
- Roadside: 2.2 mi
- Mixed Woods: 2.2 mi
- Mixed Woods: 2.2 mi
- Meadow: 2.2 mi
- Mixed Woods: 2.2 mi
- Oak Hill Cliff: 0.7 mi
- Cadillac Cliffs: 0.7 mi
- South Wall Main Cliff: 0.9 mi
- Lower Wall: 0.9 mi
- The Alcove: 1.0 mi
- Bates Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Fabri memorial: 1.4 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 1.4 mi
- John Innes Kane: 1.9 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 2.0 mi
- Abbe Museum: 2.1 mi
- Abbe Museum: 3.8 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.5 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 5.6 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 5.8 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 2.8 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 5.3 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 5.3 mi
- Baker Island Light: 6.4 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 9.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Baxter The Lobster: 4.0 mi
- Water Street Mural: 18.5 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 8.2 mi
- Double Arch: 19.6 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | NW 307° | 466 m | 2.2 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | W 279° | 419 m | 4.3 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | NW 316° | 387 m | 2.0 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | W 272° | 380 m | 2.8 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | W 269° | 360 m | 3.9 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | NNW 346° | 323 m | 1.2 mi |
| Dike Peak | W 274° | 321 m | 1.9 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | W 274° | 316 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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, 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
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 10 mi
- Surry · 20 mi
- Ellsworth · 22 mi
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