Whalesback
Whalesback rises to 46 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Babson Creek Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33153782, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 46 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 18.7 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 5 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 8 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 8 mi
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Babson Creek Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 0.9 mi
- Blue Horizons Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Indian Point-Blagden Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Stone Barn Farm Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Town Hill Playground: 1.8 mi
- Suminsby Park: 2.7 mi
- Hadley Point Beach: 4.8 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 5.1 mi
- DeGregoire Green: 5.3 mi
- Patty Lot Hill: 0.8 mi
- Frenchmans Hill: 1.8 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.0 mi
- McFarland Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Youngs Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 4.1 mi
- Lamoine Beach: 5.7 mi
- Marlboro Beach: 7.0 mi
- Hunters Beach: 7.2 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 7.5 mi
- Beach Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Canada Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 5.1 mi
- The Ovens: 5.2 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 5.5 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 1.1 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 5.1 mi
- Abbe Museum: 5.7 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 6.1 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 6.2 mi
- Yourcenar: 1.2 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 5.7 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 5.7 mi
- Eden's Civil War Monument: 5.7 mi
- The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 5.9 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 6.7 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 9.1 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 10.5 mi
- Baker Island Light: 11.0 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Fern Spring: 2.9 mi
- Maple Spring: 3.4 mi
- Birch Spring: 3.9 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 4.9 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 5.2 mi
- The Bubble: 4.1 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.9 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.9 mi
- Thunder Hole: 7.5 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 7.8 mi
- COA Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Newlin Garden: 5.1 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 5.2 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 5.6 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 3.5 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 3.9 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 4.4 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 14.6 mi
- Long Falls: 24.5 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 5.9 mi
- Water Street Mural: 12.6 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 5.2 mi
- Long Cove: 11.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Whalesback. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | ESE 107° | 466 m | 5.0 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | SE 132° | 419 m | 3.2 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | ESE 104° | 387 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | SE 125° | 380 m | 4.6 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | SE 136° | 360 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | SSW 207° | 326 m | 5.5 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | ESE 104° | 323 m | 6.5 mi |
| Dike Peak | ESE 119° | 321 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225639
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 10 mi
- Surry · 13 mi
- Ellsworth · 16 mi
- Orland · 25 mi
- Bucksport · 27 mi
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