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Civil War Monument

Civil War Monument from directly overhead

Civil War Monument is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Passadumkeag Mountain stands 442 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is WWI Doughboy Statue, a historic site 0.2 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
1887-07-04
Inscription
Erected In Honor Of The Men Of Lincoln Who Served Their Country In The War Which Preserved The Union, Destroyed Slavery And Maintained The Constitution
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.36521, -68.50318
Around it

122 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
Parks: 28
  • Robert A. MacEachern Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Prince Thomas Park: 0.2 mi
  • Marguerite Flanders Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Albert Thomas Park: 0.5 mi
  • Edwards Family Children's Fishing Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Historic sites: 11
  • WWI Doughboy Statue: 0.2 mi
  • Lincoln Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
  • Children's Memorial: 11.6 mi
  • The River Drivers Memorial: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Dolby Flowage: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Museums: 2
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Passadumkeag MountainSSE 157°442 m17.7 mi
Mattamiscontis MountainWNW 300°380 m12.1 mi
Ragged MountainNW 309°379 m24.2 mi
Duck MountainSE 126°362 m22.8 mi
Brown HillE 84°338 m22.4 mi
Little Mattamiscontis MountainWNW 298°333 m11.4 mi
Bowers MountainE 87°317 m22.9 mi
Schoodic MountainWNW 286°314 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0718:46
June solstice04:4719:4120:27
September equinox06:2217:5518:34
December solstice07:1115:0515:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151728415463696759473523
Precip in3.52.43.53.63.74.13.43.63.44.74.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1768951141

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