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Tunk Mountain

Tunk Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tunk Mountain rises to 325 m in Maine. Spruce Mountain stands 321 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Catherine Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33152405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
325 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.63969, -68.09356

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 54
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 2.7 mi
  • Cable Pool Park: 8.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
  • Stewart Park: 8.8 mi
  • Eastbrook Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 18.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 18.0 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Black Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Molasses Pond Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Rogers Point Beach: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 9.9 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 18.0 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 18.3 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 19.0 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 20.2 mi
Museums: 11
Attractions: 8
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 18.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 18.0 mi
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 19.0 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 20.6 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Long Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 18.5 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Big Chief Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 22.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 16.3 mi
  • Double Arch: 18.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Water Street Mural: 17.7 mi
  • Baxter The Lobster: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Tunk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainNNE 12°321 m13.9 mi
Schoodic MountainSSW 210°319 m5.3 mi
Black MountainSSW 198°304 m3.9 mi
Catherine MountainS 170°284 m1.6 mi
Caribou MountainSSW 201°259 m2.3 mi
Schoodic NubbleSSW 213°202 m5.5 mi
Peaked MountainS 174°201 m5.6 mi
Birch HillNNW 336°199 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4819:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0715:0715:55

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, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358225258

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