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Rex Memorial

Rex Memorial from directly overhead

Rex Memorial is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinecone, a artwork 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
King Middle School
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates43.65806, -70.27495

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Noyes Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fessenden Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pedro Field: 0.5 mi
  • Burrow's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Deering Street Park: 0.5 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Circle: 0.3 mi
  • USM Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Libbytown Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Shaw Sculpture Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Hobart Street Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
  • Evergreen Cemetery Woods: 2.4 mi
  • Dow's Woods Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Sawyer Marsh: 2.7 mi
  • Sawyer Marsh: 2.8 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Rocky Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Meetinghouse Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Graves Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Blueberry Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Sandy Hill: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 1.1 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 1.4 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 1.5 mi
  • Elks Club: 2.2 mi
  • Ampitheater: 3.0 mi
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 9
  • Cunner Ledges: 3.9 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 4.1 mi
  • The Cliffs: 4.3 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 4.3 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Presumpscot Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 10.3 mi
  • First Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Steep Falls: 21.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Davis Spring: 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Rex Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillNNW 341°178 m12.0 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 342°151 m7.4 mi
Leighton HillNNW 335°145 m6.8 mi
Libby HillNNW 335°144 m10.8 mi
Bruce HillN 2°136 m11.5 mi
Poplar RidgeNNW 343°133 m10.0 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 339°129 m6.4 mi
Walnut HillN 3°129 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0019:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:1215:2116:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1416556803

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