Faunce Hill
Faunce Hill rises to 238 m in Maine. Bald Mountain stands 758 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Hill, a peak 3.0 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33138650, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 238 m
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 24.2 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walker Hill: 3.0 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.1 mi
- Brown Hill: 3.9 mi
- Deer Hill: 4.0 mi
- Davis Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 5.3 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 5.8 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 6.7 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 10.1 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 10.3 mi
- Delano Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 10.7 mi
- Law Farm Nature Trails: 12.6 mi
- Cambridge Woodlands Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Bald Mountain Township Public Reserved Land: 13.9 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 8.6 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 9.2 mi
- Little Wilson Upper Falls: 9.6 mi
- Little Wilson Lower Falls: 9.7 mi
- Thompson Brook Upper Falls: 10.9 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 9.9 mi
- dih cheese fort: 11.3 mi
- Dexter Historical Society Abbot Museum: 16.4 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 17.0 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 9.5 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 11.3 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 11.8 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 19.6 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Barren Slide: 12.5 mi
- The Jaws: 18.2 mi
- Monument Square: 11.1 mi
- Cannon Monument: 16.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Faunce Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | W 275° | 758 m | 15.7 mi |
| Barren Mountain | NNE 17° | 742 m | 13.0 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | NNE 24° | 714 m | 15.0 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 27° | 610 m | 16.1 mi |
| Borestone Mountain East Peak | NNE 12° | 604 m | 10.0 mi |
| Russell Mountain | W 269° | 596 m | 8.3 mi |
| Benson Mountain | NNE 32° | 559 m | 12.5 mi |
| Roaring Brook Mountain | NE 38° | 523 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:09 | 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 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sangerville, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 566081 — Faunce Hill, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358219599
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