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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. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east, 15 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: 58
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: 16
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 15.4 miles of Peirce Memorial Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked MountainE 83°350 m15.2 mi
Bald MountainSE 141°342 m13.0 mi
Big HillSE 125°338 m12.6 mi
BlackcapESE 109°312 m10.6 mi
Great Pond MountainSSE 160°291 m14.9 mi
Chick HillE 81°271 m15.2 mi
Little Peaked MountainE 83°260 m14.6 mi
Peaked MountainSSE 147°258 m11.7 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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