Cancer Hill
Cancer Hill rises to 82 m in Maine. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Blood Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137616, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 82 m
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jacob Buck Pond Boat Access: 3.4 mi
- Silver Lake Trails: 6.5 mi
- Orland Bicentennial Park: 7.4 mi
- Orrington Picnic Park: 7.5 mi
- Sherwood Forest Park: 7.6 mi
- Blood Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Deer Hill: 2.1 mi
- Orcutt Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Button Hill: 2.7 mi
- Hancock Pond Water Access: 3.1 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West): 4.2 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East): 4.8 mi
- Kiski Lot Trails: 5.6 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley): 5.7 mi
- Telephone Museum: 6.3 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 8.1 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 8.7 mi
- Clewley Museum: 8.9 mi
- Police Museum: 9.4 mi
- The Whale: 8.7 mi
- Before The Wind: 8.7 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 9.1 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 9.3 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 9.6 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 8.5 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Fort Knox: 9.2 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 9.5 mi
- Peirce Memorial Statue: 9.9 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 4.9 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 7.9 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 9.0 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 9.6 mi
- Maine Discovery Museum: 9.6 mi
- Hales Beach: 11.3 mi
- Otis Beach: 12.7 mi
- Dunn Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 12.8 mi
- Jesse Beach: 13.6 mi
- Rider Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Parks Pond Bluff: 14.0 mi
- The Bluffs: 14.2 mi
- Fletcher Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 9.1 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 10.7 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 14.8 mi
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 15.5 mi
- Indian Island Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.7 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 14.2 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 17.2 mi
- Monroe Falls: 17.9 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Cancer Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | ESE 103° | 342 m | 4.4 mi |
| Big Hill | ENE 75° | 338 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Waldo | WSW 238° | 320 m | 11.9 mi |
| Blackcap | NE 48° | 312 m | 8.3 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | SSE 167° | 291 m | 5.1 mi |
| Flag Hill | SE 144° | 270 m | 5.9 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | ESE 106° | 258 m | 2.5 mi |
| Kings Mountain | W 268° | 256 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:09 | 15:58 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 563455 — Cancer Hill, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212942
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