Cloud Couch
Cloud Couch is an artwork in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Back Cove Trail North park, a park 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018
- Material
- steel;granite;paint
What to expect
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Back Cove Trail North park: 0.1 mi
- Payson Park: 0.1 mi
- Back Cove Trail park- Cheverus High School Area: 0.4 mi
- Barrow's Park: 0.7 mi
- Back Cove Trail West: 0.8 mi
- Longfellow Arboretum: 0.2 mi
- USM Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Baxter Boulevard Sundial: 0.7 mi
- Major Charles Loring Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Mayor Baxter Woods Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Jack D. Finley Memorial Plaza: 1.3 mi
- First Civic Monument: 1.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.0 mi
- Graves Hill: 1.2 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 3.4 mi
- Deer Hill: 3.5 mi
- Blueberry Hill: 3.5 mi
- Ledges Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Evergreen Cemetery Woods: 2.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill Woods Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Hobart Street Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Berle Mill Pond: 2.3 mi
- East End Beach: 1.6 mi
- West Shore Sandy Beach: 3.0 mi
- Willard Beach: 3.2 mi
- Seaglass Beach: 3.4 mi
- Sunset Beach: 3.4 mi
- Portland Observatory: 1.4 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 1.7 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 1.8 mi
- Elks Club: 3.1 mi
- Ampitheater: 3.3 mi
- Maine Jewish Museum: 1.4 mi
- University of New England Art Gallery: 1.5 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House: 1.6 mi
- Maine Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 1.7 mi
- Luminous Arbor: 1.0 mi
- Triangles At Work: 1.2 mi
- Biosphere: 1.3 mi
- Duck House: 1.4 mi
- The Constance Corey PhD. Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 4.4 mi
- Cod Ledges: 4.5 mi
- White Head Cliff: 4.5 mi
- The Cliffs: 4.5 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 6.7 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 2.9 mi
- First Falls: 9.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Steep Falls: 21.1 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 20.8 mi
- Davis Spring: 23.5 mi
- Bug Light: 2.3 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Cloud Couch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 337° | 178 m | 10.8 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NNW 335° | 151 m | 6.1 mi |
| Baker Mountain | NNW 331° | 149 m | 11.7 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NNW 326° | 145 m | 5.7 mi |
| Libby Hill | NNW 330° | 144 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bruce Hill | N 0° | 136 m | 10.1 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 339° | 133 m | 8.7 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NNW 330° | 129 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:20 | 16:08 |
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 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9696071201
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