Academy Hill
Academy Hill rises to 281 m in Maine. Colonel Holman Mountain stands 561 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Academy Hill Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 281 m
How to reach it
- 18.4 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 28.3 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cow Hill: 1.2 mi
- Whitney Hill: 1.4 mi
- Jewett Hill: 1.7 mi
- Philbrick Hill: 1.7 mi
- McCollister Hill: 2.8 mi
- Pine Island Park: 2.9 mi
- French Falls Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Stone Street Ballfield: 3.1 mi
- Round Pond Access: 3.2 mi
- Church Street Park: 3.2 mi
- Academy Hill Conservation Area: 0.1 mi
- Stevens Island Rivershore Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Alden Hill Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Spruce Mountain Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
- war memorial: 13.4 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 14.9 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 14.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 21.1 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 4.7 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 12.3 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 15.0 mi
- Readfield Historical Society: 16.8 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 18.5 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Shagg Crag: 13.6 mi
- Berry Ledge: 17.9 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 20.6 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 11.9 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 12.2 mi
- Town Beach: 15.8 mi
- East Winthrop Beach: 20.4 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 20.8 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 15.6 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 21.7 mi
- University of Maine at Augusta Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Fisher Man: 13.3 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 14.8 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 15.3 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 15.4 mi
- Cooper Spring: 16.9 mi
- Rumford Falls: 15.0 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Academy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel Holman Mountain | NW 315° | 561 m | 7.2 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NW 317° | 555 m | 6.6 mi |
| Trask Mountain | W 260° | 527 m | 5.6 mi |
| The Saddleback | WSW 251° | 503 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Mountain | NW 311° | 500 m | 6.9 mi |
| Canton Mountain | NW 320° | 472 m | 3.6 mi |
| Thompson Mountain | WSW 252° | 441 m | 6.9 mi |
| Browns Mountain | WSW 255° | 416 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:45 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Falls 1 E, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358210903
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