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Butter Hill

Butter Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Butter Hill rises to 235 m in Maine. Trask Mountain stands 527 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Torry Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137565, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
235 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.36257, -70.23645

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Boofy Quimby Memorial Center: 1.6 mi
  • Frog Pond Park: 1.7 mi
  • Mill Hill Park: 1.7 mi
  • Bear Pond Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Round Pond Access: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 17
Gardens: 10
  • Middle School Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 17.2 mi
  • The Atsuko Hirai Lantern and Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Whitney Street Community Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Rumford Community Garden: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Stinchfield Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Richardson's Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Town Beach: 14.0 mi
  • East Winthrop Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Tyler’s Pond Beach: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Fisher Man: 15.5 mi
  • Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 19.8 mi
  • Leaf Sculpture: 21.6 mi
  • Civilian Conservation Corps: 22.7 mi
  • Samantha Smith: 22.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Oxford County Fairground: 18.8 mi
  • Oxford Casino: 20.0 mi
  • Dummer House: 22.6 mi
  • Dr Hubbard Office: 22.6 mi
  • Liberty Bell: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rumford Falls: 19.4 mi
  • The Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Bond Brook Falls: 22.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cooper Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 15.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Butter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Trask MountainNW 315°527 m9.0 mi
Thompson MountainNW 305°441 m9.1 mi
Thorne MountainNW 319°411 m8.1 mi
Bear MountainW 274°357 m2.0 mi
Sumner HillW 267°351 m8.7 mi
Hayford HillWSW 258°346 m3.9 mi
Shackley HillNNW 344°341 m3.9 mi
Hutchinson HillWSW 252°340 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5719:4520:29
September equinox06:2918:0218:40
December solstice07:1515:1716:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172028415362676658463525
Precip in3.73.44.14.63.95.04.24.03.85.64.54.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358212802

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