Breakneck Hill
Breakneck Hill rises to 196 m in Maine. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Porcupine Pinnacle, a peak 2.4 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Porcupine Pinnacle: 2.4 mi
- Tug Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Bald Head: 4.6 mi
- Upper Buck Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Lower Buck Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Mopang Stream: 8.0 mi
- Beaverdam Stream Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Pleasant River Lake: 10.2 mi
- Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area: 14.1 mi
- Great Heath Public Reserved Land: 14.2 mi
- First Chain Lake Boat Access: 3.9 mi
- Mopang Lake Boating Access: 11.0 mi
- Bog Lake Access: 11.9 mi
- Alexander Art Trail: 16.7 mi
- Cathance Lake Access: 17.1 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 14.9 mi
- Little River Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 10.4 mi
- Little Falls: 16.6 mi
- Big Falls: 16.9 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 21.8 mi
- Long Falls: 22.0 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 16.1 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 20.4 mi
- Campbell Shore: 20.6 mi
- Hold Shore: 20.7 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 19.4 mi
- Indian Township Museum: 23.4 mi
- Gates House Museum: 25.0 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 19.7 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 20.0 mi
- Burnham Tavern Museum: 21.7 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Princeton War Monument: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Breakneck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mountain | WSW 255° | 439 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | WSW 257° | 414 m | 11.7 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | WNW 302° | 335 m | 15.2 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WSW 242° | 321 m | 13.7 mi |
| Washington Bald Mountain | NNW 330° | 286 m | 13.6 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | W 270° | 284 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pinnacle | W 263° | 281 m | 19.3 mi |
| Fifth Lake Mountain | NW 311° | 278 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:05 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:52 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:04 | 15:53 |
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 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wesley, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562927 — Breakneck Hill, Washington County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212417
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