Mast of the USS Portland
Mast of the USS Portland is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is East End Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Marada Adams Park: 0.2 mi
- Eastern Promenade: 0.3 mi
- Amethyst Park: 0.4 mi
- Munjoy South Park: 0.4 mi
- Moon Tide Park: 0.5 mi
- First Civic Monument: 0.3 mi
- Major Charles Loring Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Liberty Ship Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Fort Gorges: 0.9 mi
- Berlin Wall Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 1.4 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.5 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.6 mi
- The Quiet Oaks: 1.6 mi
- Hagge Woods: 1.7 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.2 mi
- Graves Hill: 2.4 mi
- Farm Hill: 2.5 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.7 mi
- Barren Hill: 3.7 mi
- East End Beach: 0.2 mi
- West Shore Sandy Beach: 1.4 mi
- Willard Beach: 1.7 mi
- Sunset Beach: 1.7 mi
- Seaglass Beach: 1.7 mi
- Portland Observatory: 0.4 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 0.5 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 0.9 mi
- Elks Club: 4.0 mi
- Ampitheater: 4.7 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 0.4 mi
- Maine Jewish Museum: 0.7 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 1.0 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House: 1.2 mi
- Maine Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- The Armillary: 0.7 mi
- Triangles At Work: 1.2 mi
- Seven: 1.4 mi
- Duck House: 1.6 mi
- Cloud Couch: 1.7 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 2.8 mi
- Cod Ledges: 2.8 mi
- White Head Cliff: 2.8 mi
- The Cliffs: 2.8 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 5.9 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 4.1 mi
- First Falls: 9.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Steep Falls: 22.8 mi
- Bug Light: 0.8 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Mast of the USS Portland. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 332° | 178 m | 12.2 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NNW 328° | 151 m | 7.6 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 321° | 145 m | 7.3 mi |
| Libby Hill | NW 326° | 144 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bruce Hill | N 353° | 136 m | 11.1 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 333° | 133 m | 10.1 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 323° | 129 m | 6.8 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 355° | 129 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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