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Peirce Memorial Statue

Peirce Memorial Statue from directly overhead

Peirce Memorial Statue is a historic site in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierce Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

Park in Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49540914, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
15 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.80401, -68.77124

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pierce Park: 0.0 mi
  • Norumbega Parkway: 0.1 mi
  • Hannibal Hamlin Park: 0.1 mi
  • Parker Courtyard: 0.2 mi
  • Pickering Square: 0.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 54
Artworks: 19
  • One Native Lupine: 0.1 mi
  • The Good of the Hive: 0.1 mi
  • Kenduskeag Stream Trail Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Bangor Wants You: 0.1 mi
  • Spring Woods: 0.2 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 15
Attractions: 13
  • Maine Discovery Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 0.3 mi
  • Bangor YMCA: 0.4 mi
  • "IT" Movie Manhole Cover: 0.7 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 1.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Children's Garden: 0.8 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 7.5 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lovers Leap: 0.8 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Peirce Memorial Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainSE342 m13.0 mi
Big HillSE338 m12.6 mi
BlackcapESE312 m10.6 mi
Great Pond MountainSSE291 m14.9 mi
Chick HillE271 m15.2 mi
Little Peaked MountainE260 m14.6 mi
Peaked MountainSSE258 m11.7 mi
Kings MountainS256 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5019:4020:25
September equinox06:2317:5618:35
December solstice07:1015:0915:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131435564706860483726
Precip in3.22.43.23.63.33.93.23.13.84.63.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358234980

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