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Burke Hill

Burke Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Burke Hill rises to 120 m in Maine. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137514, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
120 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.59897, -67.97417

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 50
  • Cable Pool Park: 2.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Stewart Park: 2.4 mi
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 3.9 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Jordan Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Black Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Rogers Point Beach: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 18.6 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 18.6 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 13
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 12.7 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 18.2 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 18.6 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 18.9 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 20.2 mi
Museums: 10
Attractions: 9
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 13.5 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 15.2 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 18.3 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 18.3 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 19.3 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 23.9 mi
Springs: 6
  • Big Chief Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 12.9 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 18.4 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Burke Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainWNW 296°325 m6.5 mi
Schoodic MountainWSW 258°319 m8.7 mi
Black MountainW 263°304 m7.1 mi
Catherine MountainWNW 282°284 m5.7 mi
Caribou MountainW 276°259 m6.7 mi
Schoodic NubbleWSW 258°202 m9.1 mi
Peaked MountainWSW 242°201 m6.0 mi
Blackwood MountainWSW 238°194 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4819:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5318:31
December solstice07:0615:0715:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425260666659483827
Precip in4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 563207 — Burke Hill, Washington County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358212696

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