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Neptune

Neptune from directly overhead

Neptune is an artwork in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Mars Hill stands 531 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum, a museum 1.5 miles away. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.

Diameter: 21.3 inches (54 cm) Location: Littleton Constructed by: Southern Aroostook Applied Technology (Houlton High School) Painted by: Houlton High School Base constructed by David Tardie and his students, Loring Job Corps, Cement Mason Program

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Coordinates46.26068, -67.84086
Around it

84 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 46
  • Lowell Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Sugar Loaf: 7.5 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Garrison Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Carmichael Ridge: 9.3 mi
Parks: 12
  • Community Park: 9.0 mi
  • Houlton Public Boat Access: 9.1 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 9.2 mi
  • Monument Park: 9.4 mi
  • Pierce Park: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 10
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Briggs Mills Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Middle Pitch Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Hastings Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Four Foot Pitch: 24.0 mi
Museums: 3
  • Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Aroostook County Historical & Art Museum of Houlton: 9.3 mi
  • Bridgewater Historical Association: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Old Mill Dam: 4.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Neptune. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mars HillN 4°531 m18.1 mi
Saddleback MountainNW 315°508 m15.0 mi
Number Nine MountainNW 322°494 m14.2 mi
Sam Drew MountainSW 225°461 m18.1 mi
Hovey MountainNW 311°415 m13.5 mi
Nighthawk MountainWNW 299°410 m15.9 mi
Maple MountainNW 316°409 m13.0 mi
Meduxnekeag MountainNW 308°403 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0419:44
June solstice05:4020:4121:28
September equinox07:1918:5119:31
December solstice08:1215:5816:48

Local time (America/Moncton).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141627405362676657453422
Precip in3.52.83.33.23.64.43.93.63.64.33.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houlton 5N, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5967829786

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