Downs Hill
Downs Hill rises to 141 m in Maine. Mount Waldo stands 320 m to the south, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans’ Memorial Garden, a park 1.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 29 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q33138341, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 141 m
How to reach it
- 29.0 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans’ Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Mount Waldo Quarry: 1.8 mi
- Mendall Marsh Park: 2.2 mi
- Reggie Ginn Field: 5.3 mi
- Swan Lake State Park: 5.5 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Waldo: 2.4 mi
- Delaware Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mosquito Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Partridge Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mount Waldo Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Penobscot Shore Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Blueberry Hill: 5.3 mi
- Northern Pond Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Long Cove Headwaters Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 2.7 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- Cole Land Transportation Museum: 12.5 mi
- Maine Air Museum: 13.4 mi
- Clewley Museum: 13.8 mi
- The Whale: 5.7 mi
- Before The Wind: 5.7 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 13.2 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 13.6 mi
- UMA Moose Statue: 13.9 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 8.6 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 15.6 mi
- Spragues Beach: 16.4 mi
- MMA Beach: 16.5 mi
- Hales Beach: 18.9 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 11.7 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 13.2 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 13.6 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 13.9 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 14.0 mi
- Fort Knox: 5.6 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 6.0 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Fort Pownall: 11.0 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 13.8 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 12.9 mi
- Rider Bluff: 13.7 mi
- The Bluffs: 14.9 mi
- The Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 13.5 mi
- Children's Garden: 13.7 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 13.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 19.7 mi
- Dye Garden: 19.7 mi
- Monroe Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.7 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Downs Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Waldo | S 183° | 320 m | 2.4 mi |
| Piper Mountain | WNW 300° | 318 m | 9.9 mi |
| Frank WEst Mountain | WNW 303° | 300 m | 9.4 mi |
| Kings Mountain | ENE 60° | 256 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | WSW 245° | 248 m | 8.5 mi |
| Houstus Hill | WSW 243° | 242 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mason Hill | W 261° | 227 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Ephraim | SSW 205° | 226 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:10 | 15:59 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 565262 — Downs Hill, Waldo County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358219203
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