Castle Tucker
Castle Tucker is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Blinn Hill stands 135 m to the north, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunken Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away.
The story
Building in Maine, United States.
Dates from 1807.
Wikidata Q5050316, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1807
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sherman Park: 0.5 mi
- Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- Wiscasset Community Park: 1.3 mi
- Wright Landing: 3.1 mi
- Sherman Lake Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Cushman Hill: 1.6 mi
- Haggett Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Hunger: 3.7 mi
- Doggett Castle: 3.8 mi
- Ozone Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Clough Point Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Cushman Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Singing Meadows Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Griggs Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Piontkowski Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Nickels-Sortwell House: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln County Museum: 0.8 mi
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum: 4.7 mi
- Center School: 6.1 mi
- Newcastle Historical Center: 7.0 mi
- Fort Edgecomb: 0.9 mi
- Bristol War Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Boothbay World War II Honor Role: 8.8 mi
- Boothbay Civil War Soldier Monument: 8.9 mi
- Honor the Brave Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 7.1 mi
- Goats: 7.3 mi
- Antique Engine Display: 7.3 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge History: 7.3 mi
- Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Cole Beach: 12.2 mi
- Hendricks Head Beach: 12.3 mi
- Sand Cove Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.0 mi
- South Beach: 13.1 mi
- Sunken Garden: 0.2 mi
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 8.9 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 13.2 mi
- Pumpkin Garden: 15.1 mi
- Hockomock Head: 8.4 mi
- The Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Morse Point: 19.5 mi
- Burnt Head: 24.4 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 24.5 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 10.2 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 10.3 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 22.7 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Castle Tucker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blinn Hill | N 356° | 135 m | 8.4 mi |
| Palmer Hill | N 6° | 125 m | 9.6 mi |
| Dyer Hill | NNE 28° | 125 m | 11.8 mi |
| Crocker Hill | N 8° | 120 m | 10.5 mi |
| Ring Hill | NW 320° | 116 m | 14.0 mi |
| Jones Hill | NNE 19° | 111 m | 14.6 mi |
| Williams Hill | N 355° | 110 m | 15.6 mi |
| Tate Hill | W 268° | 109 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:17 | 16:04 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wiscasset AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1153385305
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