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Stage Island Monument

Stage Island Monument from directly overhead

Stage Island Monument is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Yeaton Hill stands 181 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hills Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.

The story

Island in York County, Maine, United States.

Wikidata Q130310495, matched on coordinates and name (136 m apart).

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates43.45672, -70.35143

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Joy Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Whitten Hills: 5.1 mi
  • Goosefare Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Blue Point Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Slater Hill: 6.7 mi
Parks
  • Vines Landing: 0.7 mi
  • Yates Street Park: 0.8 mi
  • Park in the Pines: 0.9 mi
  • Plymouth Drive Field: 3.1 mi
  • Furber Park: 3.5 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Gardens: 56
Historic sites: 55
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 9
  • Slackcrack: 5.3 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 9.9 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 14.5 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 14.7 mi
  • The Cliffs: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 13.0 mi
  • Elks Club: 13.7 mi
  • Ampitheater: 14.9 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 15.0 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 6.6 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Orris Falls: 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Stage Island Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yeaton HillW181 m19.5 mi
Grant HillWNW146 m15.8 mi
Leighton HillN145 m20.1 mi
Brackett HillW141 m18.8 mi
Blackstrap HillN129 m20.0 mi
Milliken HillN119 m20.0 mi
Ricker HillWNW116 m18.0 mi
Canada HillN107 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice05:0119:4320:26
September equinox06:2918:0318:41
December solstice07:1215:2216:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532425262676659483929
Precip in3.63.74.74.74.24.73.93.93.95.64.24.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kennebunkport, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/277175128

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