Gorge Overlook
Gorge Overlook is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Lane Hill stands 298 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Skowhegan Veterans Park, a park 0.2 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0.0 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 26.2 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skowhegan Veterans Park: 0.2 mi
- DeBe Park: 0.2 mi
- Coburn Park: 0.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Field Complex: 0.4 mi
- Great Eddy Island: 0.4 mi
- Governer Coburn Drive Scenic Turnout: 0.5 mi
- Governer Coburn Drive Larch Plantation: 0.6 mi
- Taylor Field: 0.9 mi
- Coburn Woods: 1.2 mi
- Beaulieu Hill: 2.6 mi
- Pratt Hill: 3.1 mi
- Hilton Hill: 3.5 mi
- Tarbell Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bigelow Hill: 3.9 mi
- Skowhegan/Madison Elks Club: 0.8 mi
- A: 6.0 mi
- B: 6.0 mi
- Alphabet Trails: 6.1 mi
- C: 6.1 mi
- Skowhegan Indian Sculpture: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Veterans Monument: 5.6 mi
- Canaan Veteran's Memorial: 7.2 mi
- “Roll Of Honor”: 13.6 mi
- Girl with Tail: 0.3 mi
- Stumphenge: 6.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 8.5 mi
- 6: 14.2 mi
- 5: 14.2 mi
- History House: 0.7 mi
- Norridgewock Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- L C Bates Museum: 8.4 mi
- Athens Historical Society Museum: 11.2 mi
- Colby College Museum of Art: 14.2 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Dye Garden: 24.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.0 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 14.9 mi
- Spring water: 22.4 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Gorge Overlook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hill | WNW 288° | 298 m | 13.2 mi |
| Rowell Mountain | NNW 348° | 295 m | 12.8 mi |
| Parkman Hill | NNW 343° | 294 m | 12.6 mi |
| Loomis Hill | NE 50° | 259 m | 5.3 mi |
| Goodwin Hill | ENE 57° | 251 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bigelow Hill | S 191° | 238 m | 3.9 mi |
| Pease Hill | W 278° | 235 m | 12.7 mi |
| Goodwin Hill | E 81° | 233 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:44 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/314291908
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