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Whalesback

Whalesback, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.37372, -68.32107

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Beaches: 45
Museums: 22
  • 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
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
Historic sites: 19
  • 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
Springs: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.9 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 12.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 5.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainESE 107°466 m5.0 mi
Sargent MountainSE 132°419 m3.2 mi
Dorr MountainESE 104°387 m5.3 mi
Pemetic MountainSE 125°380 m4.6 mi
Penobscot MountainSE 136°360 m3.9 mi
Bernard MountainSSW 207°326 m5.5 mi
Champlain MountainESE 104°323 m6.5 mi
Dike PeakESE 119°321 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358225639

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