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Youngs Mountain

Youngs Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Youngs Mountain rises to 199 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the southeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is McFarland Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33154939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
199 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.39222, -68.26741

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • DeGregoire Green: 2.5 mi
  • Barker Park: 3.0 mi
  • Glen Mary Park: 3.0 mi
  • Harborview Park: 3.1 mi
  • Village Green: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 38
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 3.6 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 18
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 3.0 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 3.1 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 3.5 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 3.7 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 3.8 mi
Museums: 17
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 2.2 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • La petite Plaisance: 7.2 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Birch Spring: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 3.1 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 3.1 mi
  • The Bubble: 3.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 6.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 1.6 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 5.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Long Falls: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 3.1 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 12.9 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 3.2 mi
  • Double Arch: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 9.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Youngs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSE 142°466 m3.5 mi
Sargent MountainS 185°419 m3.4 mi
Dorr MountainSE 136°387 m3.6 mi
Pemetic MountainSSE 165°380 m4.1 mi
Penobscot MountainS 180°360 m4.1 mi
Bernard MountainSW 220°326 m8.1 mi
Champlain MountainSE 128°323 m4.6 mi
Dike PeakSSE 152°321 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

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, 1 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Acadia National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Aug.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 578804 — Youngs Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358225944

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