Bull Hill
Bull Hill rises to 178 m in Maine. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Heifer Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Maine, United States of America
Wikidata Q33137478, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 13.8 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 14.8 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 20.9 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 14 mi
- Frazer Point · 25 mi
- Hawk Watch · 26 mi
- Sunset view · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heifer Hill: 1.7 mi
- Little Bull Hill: 2.0 mi
- Beech Knoll: 2.5 mi
- Sugar Hill: 3.1 mi
- Sparrow Hill: 3.1 mi
- Spring River Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Spring River Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Spring River - Narraguagus Forest Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Osborn South Public Reserved Land: 4.6 mi
- Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Spectacle Pond Boating Access: 4.1 mi
- Eastbrook Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Upper Lead Mountain Pond Access: 8.6 mi
- Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 9.6 mi
- Franklin Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
- Molasses Pond Beach: 4.0 mi
- Black Beach: 9.2 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 10.3 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 13.2 mi
- Dunn Beach: 13.3 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Carter Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Roberts Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 14.2 mi
- Ellsworth Historical Society: 17.9 mi
- Colonel Black Mansion Museum: 18.5 mi
- Telephone Museum: 20.6 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 22.2 mi
- Long Falls: 7.6 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 12.1 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 17.4 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 23.3 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 24.6 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 14.2 mi
- The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 23.1 mi
- Eden's Civil War Monument: 23.5 mi
- Old Farm Estate: 24.4 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 23.0 mi
- COA Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 23.0 mi
- Newlin Garden: 23.0 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 23.2 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 23.2 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 23.3 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 24.9 mi
- Water Street Mural: 17.9 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 23.3 mi
- Big Chief Spring: 20.9 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 24.6 mi
- Long Cove: 14.6 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 20.4 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Riceville: 23.5 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Bull Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mountain | NNE 17° | 439 m | 10.0 mi |
| Tunk Mountain | SSE 148° | 325 m | 7.1 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NE 41° | 321 m | 10.2 mi |
| Schoodic Mountain | S 174° | 319 m | 10.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSE 165° | 304 m | 10.0 mi |
| Catherine Mountain | SSE 152° | 284 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pinnacle | N 358° | 281 m | 11.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NNW 329° | 262 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 19:38 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:07 | 15:55 |
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 | 31 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 563156 — Bull Hill, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212629
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