Civil War Memorial
Civil War Memorial is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- In Honor of Our Soldiers and Sailors 1861-1865
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Leon Gorman Park: 0.2 mi
- Discovery Park: 0.2 mi
- Porter's Landing: 1.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 1.7 mi
- Kelsey Hill: 0.1 mi
- Torrey Hill: 0.2 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Winston Hill: 2.0 mi
- Brimstone Hill: 3.0 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 0.2 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 0.2 mi
- Desert of Maine: 2.8 mi
- Big Indian: 3.5 mi
- Bradbury Mountain State Park: 5.0 mi
- West Street Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Quarry Woods: 0.4 mi
- Mill Stream Landing: 0.8 mi
- Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Frost Gully Woods: 1.1 mi
- FCS Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street): 0.3 mi
- Organic Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Organic Vegetable Fields: 2.5 mi
- Yarmouth Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 6.1 mi
- Coffin Pond: 7.1 mi
- Sea Cove Beach: 9.3 mi
- Chandler Cove Beach: 9.5 mi
- East End Beach: 10.7 mi
- Old Farmhouse Foundation: 0.9 mi
- Schooner Windfall: 3.4 mi
- Eartha: 4.6 mi
- Monument E: 7.3 mi
- Bowdoin War Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Frog Rock: 5.7 mi
- Can't Stop Hip Hop: 5.9 mi
- Labyrinth in the Woods: 6.5 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 7.6 mi
- Holy Trinty: 7.7 mi
- Desert of Maine Farm Museum: 2.8 mi
- Bustins Island Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Yarmouth Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: 7.7 mi
- White Head Cliff: 15.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Cod Ledges: 15.8 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 16.0 mi
- Morse Point: 17.4 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 15.3 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 15.3 mi
- Bug Light: 15.4 mi
- First Falls: 5.6 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 12.7 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Civil War Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | W 260° | 178 m | 12.9 mi |
| Dutton Hill | W 268° | 175 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hunt Hill | W 269° | 153 m | 11.4 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | WSW 239° | 151 m | 12.9 mi |
| Gloucester Hill | NW 305° | 150 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bradbury Mountain | NW 308° | 143 m | 5.2 mi |
| Peacock Hill | NW 317° | 138 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bruce Hill | WSW 256° | 136 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:19 | 16:06 |
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 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6980885557
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