Bald Porcupine Island
Bald Porcupine Island is an islet in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Bald Porcupine Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Hulls Cove, as well as near the neighborhood Gerrishville.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Round Island”
- Historically known as: “Round Porcupine Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abbe Museum and Jessup Memorial Library.
Abbe Museum
Museum
Photo: AbbeMuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Abbe Museum is a museum with two locations in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island. The museum is dedicated to exploring the history and culture of Maine's Native people, the Wabanaki.
Jessup Memorial Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Jesup Memorial Library is the public library of Bar Harbor, Maine. It is located in an architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival building at 34 Mount Desert Street in the town's main village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bar Harbor and Hulls Cove.
Bar Harbor
Photo: Tina Saey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar Harbor is a village on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County in the Down East area of Maine. It is a useful base for those visiting Acadia National Park.
Hulls Cove
Hulls Cove is a village on Mount Desert Island on the coast of Maine, a state of the United States of America.Winter Harbor
Photo: GRDN711, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winter Harbor is a town of 461 people in Maine. The town sits just outside the Schoodic Peninsula portion of Acadia National Park, and is due east of the town of Bar Harbor and Ellsworth.
Bald Porcupine Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.38718° or 44° 23′ 14″ northLongitude
-68.18151° or 68° 10′ 53″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
87PH9RP9+V9OpenStreetMap ID
way 162905133OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4957250Wikidata ID
Q34649416
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Bald Porcupine Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bald Porcupine Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hulls Cove and Gerrishville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Porcupine Dry Ledge and Balance Rock.
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