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Western Promenade

Western Promenade from directly overhead

Western Promenade is a park in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lieutenant Frothingham Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.64752, -70.27603

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • McIntyre Park: 0.4 mi
  • Reiche School Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Clark Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Deering Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Harbor View Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
  • Shaw Sculpture Park: 0.8 mi
  • Rose Circle: 0.9 mi
  • Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 1.0 mi
  • Libbytown Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • USM Community Garden: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hobart Street Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
  • Dow's Woods Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Sawyer Marsh: 2.2 mi
  • Sawyer Marsh: 2.3 mi
  • Winnick Woods: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Meetinghouse Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Sandy Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Barren Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Blueberry Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 2.7 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 47
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 1.3 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 1.7 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 1.9 mi
  • Elks Club: 2.2 mi
  • Ampitheater: 3.3 mi
Museums: 37
Artworks: 29
Cliffs: 9
  • Cunner Ledges: 3.8 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 3.9 mi
  • The Cliffs: 4.2 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 4.3 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Presumpscot Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 9.7 mi
  • First Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Steep Falls: 21.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Davis Spring: 24.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 19.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Western Promenade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillNNW 342°178 m12.7 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 344°151 m8.0 mi
Leighton HillNNW 338°145 m7.5 mi
Libby HillNNW 337°144 m11.5 mi
Bruce HillN 2°136 m12.3 mi
Poplar RidgeNNW 345°133 m10.6 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 341°129 m7.1 mi
Walnut HillN 3°129 m13.2 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 50–80 °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.

  • American Herring Gull266 obs
  • Common Eider109 obs
  • House Sparrow105 obs
  • Mallard96 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel92 obs
  • chicory89 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee84 obs
  • Rock Pigeon75 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/32792563

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