The Head
The Head rises to 67 m in Maine. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Driftwood Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33150769, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 67 m
How to reach it
- 25.9 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Driftwood Beach: 0.2 mi
- North Point Beach: 0.3 mi
- Harbor Beach: 0.4 mi
- Three Island Beach: 0.4 mi
- Walton Beach: 0.6 mi
- The Nubble: 0.6 mi
- Big Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.9 mi
- Jobs Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Bradbury Island: 3.2 mi
- Broad Point Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Spruce Island Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Lisa Tolman Wotton Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Mill Stream Property: 6.1 mi
- The Island: 4.6 mi
- Islesboro Town Beach: 5.3 mi
- Burnt Island Conservation Area: 6.3 mi
- Pine Hill Nature Area: 6.8 mi
- Bridge End Park: 7.4 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 4.9 mi
- The Good Life Center: 6.0 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 6.2 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 6.4 mi
- Islesboro sailors memorial: 6.6 mi
- The Bluffs: 7.4 mi
- Spruce Head: 8.6 mi
- Gull Ledges: 8.6 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 8.7 mi
- The Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 10.5 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 14.2 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 15.5 mi
- Fort Pownall: 15.8 mi
- Andre the Seal: 12.9 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 13.3 mi
- Puffin Wall: 16.9 mi
- Seagull: 16.9 mi
- Lobster: 17.0 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 16.1 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 20.0 mi
- Oil House: 24.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 24.1 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 17.9 mi
- Prison Show Room: 21.4 mi
- The Wall: 21.5 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 10.7 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 17.1 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 23.9 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 24.6 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.8 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of The Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | W 270° | 419 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | W 280° | 331 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cameron Mountain | W 279° | 244 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Battie | W 264° | 240 m | 12.2 mi |
| Garey Mountain | W 281° | 239 m | 10.7 mi |
| Derry Mountain | WNW 284° | 231 m | 10.6 mi |
| Patterson Hill | NW 309° | 227 m | 14.6 mi |
| Ducktrap Mountain | WNW 299° | 218 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:39 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 580534 — The Head, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358226500
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 23 mi
- Orland · 23 mi
- Surry · 23 mi
- Acadia National Park · 24 mi
- Ellsworth · 29 mi
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