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
- Sunset view · 5 mi
- Hawk Watch · 5 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 7 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 8 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 1.1 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 5.1 mi
- Abbe Museum: 5.7 mi
- Abbe Museum: 5.8 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 6.1 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
- COA Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Newlin Garden: 5.1 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 5.2 mi
- Heath: 5.6 mi
- Yourcenar: 1.2 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 5.0 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 5.7 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 5.7 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 5.7 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 6.7 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 9.1 mi
- Oil House: 10.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 10.5 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 10.5 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
- 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 7.0 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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