Fox Rocks
Fox Rocks rises to 29 m in Maine. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain Town Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
The story
Island in Knox County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q34755722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 29 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Mountain Town Park: 0.3 mi
- Tip Toe Mountain Town Park: 0.9 mi
- The Ball Field: 1.6 mi
- Isle Au Haut Mountain Town Park: 3.9 mi
- Lawson's Quarry Town Park: 4.3 mi
- A.W. Smith Preserve: 0.5 mi
- North Perry Creek Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Whitmore Pond Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
- Heller Field: 0.8 mi
- Marcuse Wetlands Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Middle Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Little Tip Toe: 0.9 mi
- Tiptoe Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Middle Tip Toe: 1.0 mi
- Ames Knob: 1.9 mi
- Old Ferry Landing Beach: 1.4 mi
- Eleanor L. Campbell Preserve Polly Cove Beach: 2.4 mi
- Narrow Place Beach: 2.5 mi
- Izzy's Beach: 3.4 mi
- Big White Beach: 4.4 mi
- North Haven Museum: 2.9 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum: 4.7 mi
- The Old Homestead: 10.7 mi
- Sail Power & Steam Museum: 10.9 mi
- Spruce Head: 13.7 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 14.2 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Negro Head: 14.5 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 15.3 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 10.8 mi
- Cannon: 11.1 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 12.0 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 20.0 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 4.9 mi
- Andre the Seal: 10.8 mi
- Sphere: 10.9 mi
- Puffin Wall: 11.0 mi
- Seagull: 11.0 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 11.1 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 14.4 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 21.0 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 21.0 mi
- Miller School Garden: 24.7 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 10.3 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 21.6 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 21.8 mi
- Keepers Quarters: 22.4 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.6 mi
- Prison Show Room: 15.3 mi
- The Wall: 15.3 mi
- Vinal Falls: 2.7 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Fox Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | NW 316° | 419 m | 12.9 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WNW 299° | 390 m | 15.0 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | WNW 301° | 375 m | 15.5 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | NW 325° | 331 m | 13.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WNW 293° | 291 m | 15.1 mi |
| Cameron Mountain | NW 320° | 244 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Battie | NW 311° | 240 m | 12.0 mi |
| Garey Mountain | NNW 326° | 239 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:39 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358219829
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- Acadia National Park · 29 mi
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