Maple Spring
Maple Spring is a spring in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-northeast, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ben's Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.1 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 9.9 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 20.3 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 23.3 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 2 mi
- Hawk Watch · 3 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 5 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ben's Peak: 0.1 mi
- Gilmore Peak: 0.3 mi
- Sargent Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Bald Peak: 0.5 mi
- Penobscot Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Suminsby Park: 1.5 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.4 mi
- Thuya Garden: 2.6 mi
- Seal Harbor Beach: 3.3 mi
- Town play ground: 3.5 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 3.9 mi
- Blue Horizons Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Stone Barn Farm Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Indian Point-Blagden Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
- Hunters Beach: 3.9 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 4.1 mi
- Boulder Beach: 4.4 mi
- Sand Beach: 4.6 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 2.8 mi
- The Cleft: 3.0 mi
- Beach Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Pierce Head: 3.5 mi
- Canada Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 2.9 mi
- Heath: 3.7 mi
- Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Meadow: 3.7 mi
- Pitch Pine Upland: 3.7 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 2.7 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 2.9 mi
- Champlain Monument: 3.5 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 3.5 mi
- Yourcenar: 3.5 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 3.4 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 3.5 mi
- Abbe Museum: 3.6 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 4.6 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.7 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 3.8 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 6.8 mi
- Baker Island Light: 7.7 mi
- Oil House: 8.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 8.6 mi
- Birch Spring: 0.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 0.7 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 3.4 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 3.6 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 3.7 mi
- The Bubble: 1.0 mi
- Thunder Hole: 4.4 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 4.6 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.0 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 0.6 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 2.5 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 4.1 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 17.8 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 4.9 mi
- Water Street Mural: 15.8 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 7.0 mi
- Double Arch: 23.4 mi
- Long Cove: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Maple Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | ENE 68° | 466 m | 2.7 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | N 5° | 419 m | 0.3 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | ENE 68° | 387 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | E 98° | 380 m | 1.4 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | SE 135° | 360 m | 0.5 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | WSW 243° | 326 m | 5.4 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | ENE 78° | 323 m | 4.1 mi |
| Dike Peak | E 94° | 321 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| 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.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Mar–Apr — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 5.1 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 7.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Otter Creek near Bar Harbor, Maine, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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).
- American Bullfrog516 obs
- northern whitecedar261 obs
- American Red Squirrel226 obs
- sheep laurel224 obs
- three-toothed cinquefoil207 obs
- Common Loon197 obs
- striped maple195 obs
- Canadian bunchberry165 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/891273572
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 8 mi
- Surry · 16 mi
- Ellsworth · 19 mi
- Orland · 28 mi
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