Portland Fire Museum
Portland Fire Museum is a museum in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 35 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaw Sculpture Park, a garden 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.
The story
museum in Portland, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q7231924, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 35 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 0.1 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Rose Circle: 0.5 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument: 0.2 mi
- John Ford Statue: 0.4 mi
- Our Lady of Victories: 0.5 mi
- The Maine Lobsterman: 0.5 mi
- Earth Day 2010: 0.6 mi
- Reiche School Playground: 0.2 mi
- Deering Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Clark Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Pleasant Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Harbor View Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- East End Beach: 1.6 mi
- Willard Beach: 2.0 mi
- Danforth Cove Beach: 2.4 mi
- Cliff House Beach: 2.5 mi
- Seaglass Beach: 2.5 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.7 mi
- Barren Hill: 2.5 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.6 mi
- Sandy Hill: 2.8 mi
- Graves Hill: 3.1 mi
- Hobart Street Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Sawyer Marsh: 2.0 mi
- Sawyer Marsh: 2.1 mi
- Dow's Woods Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Memorial Woods: 2.9 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 0.6 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 1.1 mi
- Portland Observatory: 1.2 mi
- Elks Club: 2.8 mi
- Ampitheater: 3.7 mi
- Victoria Mansion: 0.2 mi
- Neal Dow House: 0.3 mi
- Maine Historical Society: 0.4 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House: 0.4 mi
- Maine Jewish Museum: 0.9 mi
- Seven: 0.2 mi
- Duck House: 0.5 mi
- Pinecone: 0.6 mi
- Thomas Reed Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Triangles At Work: 0.7 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 3.3 mi
- Cod Ledges: 3.4 mi
- The Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- White Head Cliff: 3.7 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 4.8 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 10.4 mi
- First Falls: 11.0 mi
- Steep Falls: 22.1 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 21.8 mi
- Davis Spring: 24.7 mi
- Bug Light: 1.5 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Portland Fire Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 339° | 178 m | 12.6 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NNW 339° | 151 m | 7.9 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NNW 333° | 145 m | 7.5 mi |
| Libby Hill | NNW 334° | 144 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bruce Hill | N 359° | 136 m | 12.0 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 341° | 133 m | 10.5 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NNW 336° | 129 m | 7.0 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 1° | 129 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:21 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/760390684
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