Frenchmans Hill
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
- 2.1 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 9.4 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 17.0 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 22.5 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 5 mi
- Hawk Watch · 5 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 7 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 0.9 mi
- Stone Barn Farm Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Blue Horizons Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Thomas Island Preserve: 3.0 mi
- 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
- Whalesback: 1.8 mi
- Youngs Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Patty Lot Hill: 2.0 mi
- McFarland Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Brewer Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Lamoine Beach: 3.9 mi
- Marlboro Beach: 5.3 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 5.8 mi
- Sand Beach: 7.7 mi
- Hunters Beach: 8.0 mi
- 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
- The Ovens: 3.5 mi
- Beach Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Sols Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Canada Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 6.6 mi
- COA Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Newlin Garden: 4.2 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 4.3 mi
- Heath: 5.4 mi
- 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
- Bear Island Light Station: 8.0 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 8.8 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Baker Island Light: 12.0 mi
- Oil House: 12.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cathedral Rock: 3.5 mi
- Double Arch: 24.0 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 5.0 mi
- Water Street Mural: 11.5 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | SE 127° | 466 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | SSE 156° | 419 m | 4.0 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | ESE 123° | 387 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | SE 145° | 380 m | 5.2 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | SSE 156° | 360 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | SSW 207° | 326 m | 7.3 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | ESE 120° | 323 m | 6.4 mi |
| Dike Peak | SE 137° | 321 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358235094
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 12 mi
- Surry · 12 mi
- Ellsworth · 15 mi
- Orland · 24 mi
- Bucksport · 27 mi
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