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Frenchmans Hill

Frenchmans Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Frenchmans Hill rises to 78 m in Maine. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the southeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Kittredge Brook Forest, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33138833, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
78 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.39674, -68.30608

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Hill Playground: 1.4 mi
  • Hadley Point Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Lamoine State Park: 4.0 mi
  • Suminsby Park: 4.2 mi
  • Lamoine Beach Park: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 41
Museums: 21
  • Somesville Museum and Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.1 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 5.4 mi
  • La petite Plaisance: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
Historic sites: 19
  • Yourcenar: 2.9 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 5.0 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 5.1 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 5.1 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 5.5 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • Fern Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Maple Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Bubble: 4.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 5.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 5.0 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 7.8 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 3.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 5.5 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Long Falls: 22.8 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Double Arch: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 5.0 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 10.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Frenchmans Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSE 127°466 m5.1 mi
Sargent MountainSSE 156°419 m4.0 mi
Dorr MountainESE 123°387 m5.3 mi
Pemetic MountainSE 145°380 m5.2 mi
Penobscot MountainSSE 156°360 m4.8 mi
Bernard MountainSSW 207°326 m7.3 mi
Champlain MountainESE 120°323 m6.4 mi
Dike PeakSE 137°321 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358235094

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