Childs Hill
Childs Hill rises to 357 m in Maine. Saddleback Mountain stands 784 m to the north, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Science Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q33137796, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 357 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 23.0 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 29.4 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
- Table Rock · 28 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Science Hill: 0.7 mi
- Gould Hill: 1.0 mi
- Holman Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Colonel Holman Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Dixfield Carry-In Boat Access: 4.6 mi
- Bass Park: 6.2 mi
- Kineowatha Park: 6.3 mi
- North Jay White Granite Park: 7.0 mi
- Village View Park: 7.2 mi
- Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 5.5 mi
- Foothills Land Conservancy: 5.7 mi
- Seven Mile Stream Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area: 6.6 mi
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area: 6.8 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 12.5 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 12.5 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 12.5 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 18.0 mi
- war memorial: 18.9 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 11.1 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 12.6 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 13.2 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 17.8 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 18.4 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Shagg Crag: 12.3 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 18.6 mi
- Berry Ledge: 19.0 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 20.4 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 20.5 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 20.7 mi
- Town Beach: 23.4 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 24.4 mi
- The Falls: 5.9 mi
- Rumford Falls: 9.3 mi
- Smalls falls: 21.6 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.8 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 9.4 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 12.6 mi
- Fisher Man: 18.8 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 23.8 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 11.5 mi
- Cooper Spring: 21.1 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 21.2 mi
- Smalls Falls: 21.6 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Childs Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddleback Mountain | N 1° | 784 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 4° | 717 m | 5.6 mi |
| Kinneys Head | NNE 12° | 639 m | 7.4 mi |
| Gleason Mountain | NNE 12° | 633 m | 8.2 mi |
| Colonel Holman Mountain | S 178° | 561 m | 1.6 mi |
| Brown Mountain | SSE 162° | 555 m | 2.0 mi |
| Cherry Hill | N 352° | 552 m | 5.5 mi |
| Dean Mountain | NNE 29° | 551 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 563942 — Childs Hill, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358213365
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