Big Hill
Big Hill rises to 338 m in Maine. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiski Lot Trails, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136865, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 338 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 21.1 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 21 mi
- Hawk Watch · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nicolin Park: 5.2 mi
- Branch Lake State Park: 7.9 mi
- Green Lake National Fish Hatchery: 7.9 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 9.5 mi
- Jacob Buck Pond Boat Access: 9.8 mi
- Kiski Lot Trails: 1.1 mi
- Bangor Water Supply Lands: 3.6 mi
- Branch Lake Public Forest: 7.9 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley): 7.9 mi
- Hancock Pond Water Access: 8.4 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.3 mi
- Chase Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Fitz Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Blackcap: 3.8 mi
- Telephone Museum: 4.0 mi
- Clewley Museum: 11.8 mi
- Hose 5 Fire Museum: 12.3 mi
- Police Museum: 12.4 mi
- Zillman Art Museum: 12.6 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 12.4 mi
- Pollinators: 12.4 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 12.4 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 12.5 mi
- The Good of the Hive: 12.5 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 12.5 mi
- Peirce Memorial Statue: 12.6 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 14.2 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Fort Knox: 15.0 mi
- Dunn Beach: 6.4 mi
- Otis Beach: 6.5 mi
- Jesse Beach: 8.0 mi
- Hales Beach: 9.3 mi
- Molasses Pond Beach: 15.9 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 8.6 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 10.6 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 12.3 mi
- Maine Discovery Museum: 12.5 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 12.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Rider Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Parks Pond Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Fletcher Bluff: 12.0 mi
- The Bluffs: 16.9 mi
- Children's Garden: 12.1 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 14.0 mi
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 14.8 mi
- Indian Island Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 19.4 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 10.8 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 10.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.5 mi
- Monroe Falls: 24.5 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Long Cove: 22.3 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | SW 218° | 342 m | 3.5 mi |
| Blackcap | N 356° | 312 m | 3.8 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | SW 218° | 291 m | 8.5 mi |
| Jellison Hill | NE 41° | 284 m | 10.6 mi |
| Chick Hill | NNE 26° | 271 m | 10.8 mi |
| Flag Hill | SSW 204° | 270 m | 7.2 mi |
| Little Peaked Mountain | NNE 25° | 260 m | 9.9 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | WSW 238° | 258 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:39 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211813
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