Bacon Hill
Bacon Hill rises to 299 m in Maine. Red Rock Mountain stands 652 m to the west, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136305, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 299 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 20.7 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Evans Notch Overlook · 12 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 12 mi
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 12 mi
- Table Rock · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dunham Recreational Park: 5.4 mi
- Bethel Common: 5.5 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Keewaydin Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
- Davis Park: 6.2 mi
- Ingham Hill: 0.7 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lawrence Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Parsonage Hill: 1.9 mi
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement: 0.7 mi
- Flint Mountain Wildlands Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Sawin Hill Wildlands: 5.0 mi
- Maggie's Nature Park: 5.4 mi
- Intervale Gateway: 6.3 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Indian Rock Monument: 7.6 mi
- Norway Veterans in WWII: 13.7 mi
- Norway 1917-1918 Honor Roll: 13.7 mi
- Korea and Vietnam Veterans: 13.7 mi
- Browns Ledge: 3.3 mi
- Payne Ledge: 4.7 mi
- Goss Ledge: 6.9 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 7.2 mi
- Shaw Ledge: 7.5 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 5.5 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 5.5 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 5.7 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 13.8 mi
- Bridgton Historical Society Museum: 19.1 mi
- Kezar Falls: 9.3 mi
- Kees Falls: 9.3 mi
- Mad River Falls: 12.4 mi
- Hermit Falls: 14.2 mi
- Brickett Falls: 14.4 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 11.4 mi
- Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 22.6 mi
- P6: 23.6 mi
- P5: 23.6 mi
- P10: 23.6 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 5.0 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 10.1 mi
- Keoka Lake Beach: 10.5 mi
- Pleasant Point Town Beach: 12.7 mi
- Long Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 14.2 mi
- Mary's Garden: 18.9 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Bridgton Community Gardens: 19.1 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 14.7 mi
- Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 16.6 mi
- Bridgton Higlands Country Club: 17.2 mi
- Moose Cave: 19.8 mi
- Oxford Casino: 21.4 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 5.8 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 18.2 mi
- Loon Mural: 19.0 mi
- Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 19.1 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 13.1 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 14.6 mi
- Cooper Spring: 15.7 mi
- Mountain fountain: 22.6 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Sabatis Island Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Bacon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Rock Mountain | W 260° | 652 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pickett Henry Mountain | WNW 295° | 636 m | 7.0 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | WNW 287° | 636 m | 7.2 mi |
| Miles Knob | WSW 254° | 630 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Abram | NE 39° | 604 m | 3.8 mi |
| Albany Mountain | WSW 244° | 581 m | 4.2 mi |
| Peter Mountain | WSW 255° | 575 m | 4.8 mi |
| Farwell Mountain | W 261° | 564 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:47 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:19 | 16:07 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethel 6 SSE, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 580920 — Bacon Hill, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358226682
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