Beech Hill
Beech Hill rises to 205 m in Maine. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the south-southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Priest Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Waldo County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 561989).
Wikidata Q33136751, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 205 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Priest Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bird Hill: 1.6 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.7 mi
- Ducktrap Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Knowlton Hill: 1.9 mi
- Wyman Park: 1.8 mi
- Bayview park: 3.3 mi
- Ruggle's Park: 3.3 mi
- Auditorium Park: 3.3 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 3.9 mi
- Mount Percival Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Ducktrap River Preserve: 2.8 mi
- State of Maine Land: 2.9 mi
- Murray Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Piper Stream Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Cals Beach: 2.4 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.6 mi
- Wales Beach: 2.8 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 3.0 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 3.9 mi
- Indian basket: 2.7 mi
- Islesboro sailors memorial: 4.8 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 5.1 mi
- Belfast Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 6.1 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 2.4 mi
- The Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Spruce Head: 3.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 5.8 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 7.4 mi
- Andre the Seal: 11.1 mi
- Puffin Wall: 17.0 mi
- Seagull: 17.0 mi
- Lobster: 17.2 mi
- Sphere: 17.4 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 10.5 mi
- Fort Pownall: 12.9 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 15.0 mi
- Cannon: 16.7 mi
- Fort Knox: 18.5 mi
- Dome home: 16.2 mi
- Prison Show Room: 20.4 mi
- The Wall: 20.5 mi
- Three Town Monument Stone: 23.7 mi
- Giant Pines: 23.8 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 3.7 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 17.1 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 21.3 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 21.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.6 mi
- Monroe Falls: 18.2 mi
- Vinal Falls: 19.1 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 9.8 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Beech Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | SSW 207° | 419 m | 7.5 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | SW 221° | 390 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SW 222° | 384 m | 10.1 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | SW 224° | 375 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | SSW 205° | 331 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | WSW 239° | 330 m | 10.3 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | W 264° | 317 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | SW 221° | 313 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561989 — Beech Hill, Waldo County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211665
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