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Monument Park

Monument Park from directly overhead

Monument Park is a park in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 114 m. Saddleback Mountain stands 508 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Aroostook County Historical & Art Museum of Houlton, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

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Coordinates46.12509, -67.83755
Around it

82 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
Nature reserves: 11
Parks: 10
  • Riverfront Park: 0.2 mi
  • Houlton Public Boat Access: 0.3 mi
  • Pierce Park: 0.4 mi
  • Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Crescent Park: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Briggs Mills Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Middle Pitch Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Island Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Warren Falls: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 4
Museums: 3
  • Aroostook County Historical & Art Museum of Houlton: 0.0 mi
  • Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Bridgewater Historical Association: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • The Bluff: 21.1 mi
  • Blueberry Point: 22.3 mi
  • Spruce Point: 24.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Old Mill Dam: 9.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monument Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddleback MountainNNW 331°508 m22.7 mi
Number Nine MountainNNW 337°494 m22.4 mi
Sam Drew MountainWSW 256°461 m13.4 mi
Hovey MountainNNW 331°415 m20.9 mi
Nighthawk MountainNW 321°410 m22.1 mi
Maple MountainNNW 334°409 m20.8 mi
Sholler MountainW 280°403 m21.1 mi
Meduxnekeag MountainNNW 328°403 m21.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0419:44
June solstice05:4120:4021:27
September equinox07:1918:5219:31
December solstice08:1215:5816:49

Local time (America/Moncton).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131526395160666456443321
Precip in2.72.02.72.93.54.03.63.53.44.03.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houlton AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • box elder9 obs
  • American Toad6 obs
  • cardinal flower5 obs
  • eastern hemlock5 obs
  • Christmas fern4 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee4 obs
  • staghorn sumac4 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/461229985

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