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Cadillac Mountain
- Easiest route
- 0.6 km+20 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Isolation
- 140 km
- Tonight
- 32°FClear · Wind 10 mph N
Cadillac Mountain is a 470 m (1,542 ft) mountain in the Appalachian Mountains, Maine, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 470 m · 1,542 ft
- Prominence
- 470 m · 1,542 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Saddleback Mountain (914 m)
- Range
- Appalachian Mountains
- Region
- Maine, United States
- Protected area
- Acadia National Park
- Spanish name
- Montaña Cadillac
- Coordinates
- 44.3523° N, 68.2240° W
How to get to the top of Cadillac Mountain
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.5 km SW of Cadillac Mountain
- Distance
- 0.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +20 m−14 m (66 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Cadillac Mountain 3D map
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Cadillac Mountain terrain and contours
20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Cadillac Mountain weather
Tonight · Clear · 32°F (0°C) · Wind 10 mph N
Cadillac Mountain forecast for the summit, about 260 m.
- Tonight32°–10 mph N
- Sat36°51°–8 mph NW
- Sun43°55°–3–9 mph W
- Mon36°58°–8 mph SW
- Tue30°45°–9–13 mph N
- Wed37°46°3%7 mph NW
- Thu45°52°14%6–14 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:02 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cadillac Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cadillac Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km WNW
Nearest trailhead
Precipice Trail
Nearest campsite
Blackwoods Campground
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km WNW |
| Parking | 0.1 km W |
| Parking | 0.5 km WSW |
| Precipice TrailTrailhead | 2.9 km E |
| Bar Island Trail AccessTrailhead | 4.6 km NNE |
| Gorham Mountain TrailheadTrailhead | 4.7 km SSE |
| Blackwoods CampgroundCampsite | 5.0 km SSE |
| Quarry Ledge CampgroundCampsite | 7.9 km W |
| Mount Desert CampgroundCampsite | 7.9 km W |
How steep is the route to Cadillac Mountain?
The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 454 m to 470 m. Steepest stretch: 17°.
- 0–15°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Cadillac Mountain summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Dorr Mountain387 m 0.7 km ENE
- 2The Whitecap276 m 1.6 km NW
- 3Dike Peak321 m 1.8 km S
- 4Huguenot Head222 m 1.9 km E
- 5Champlain Mountain323 m 2.4 km E
- 6Pemetic Mountain380 m 2.5 km SW
- 7South Bubble220 m 2.8 km WSW
- 8North Bubble266 m 2.8 km WSW
- 9Eagles Crag211 m 3.0 km S
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,507 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Three-toothed cinquefoil527
- American Bullfrog509
- Sheep laurel474
- White meadowsweet420
- Striped maple348
- Winterberry holly323
Where Cadillac Mountain sits
- Range
- Appalachian Mountains40
- Region
- Maine5United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Jordan PondLake↑3.4 km SW
Webb Lake (Maine)↑181 km WNW
Moosehead Lake312 m↑182 km NW
Sebago Lake82 m↑195 km WSW
Great Gulf↑245 km W
More in the Appalachian Mountains 6
Cadillac Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 462 m at the summit; the official height is 470 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 470 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 463 m | -7 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 462 m | -8 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 460 m | -10 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 458 m | -12 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia