Garcock Hill
Garcock Hill rises to 191 m in Maine. Barren Mountain stands 742 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hampshire Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33138875, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 191 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hampshire Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Poverty Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Deer Hill: 1.6 mi
- Granite Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 2.4 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 5.2 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 5.4 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 7.1 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 7.6 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 4.4 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 8.2 mi
- Little Wilson Lower Falls: 9.0 mi
- Little Wilson Upper Falls: 9.5 mi
- Thompson Brook Lower Falls: 10.5 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
- Law Farm Nature Trails: 8.8 mi
- Delano Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Barnard Forest: 12.0 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 14.2 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 6.7 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- dih cheese fort: 8.2 mi
- Dexter Historical Society Abbot Museum: 17.0 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 17.9 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 6.2 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 8.2 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 14.0 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 14.8 mi
- Monument Square: 8.0 mi
- Cannon Monument: 16.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Barren Slide: 10.3 mi
- The Jaws: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Garcock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barren Mountain | N 353° | 742 m | 10.2 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | N 6° | 714 m | 11.4 mi |
| Columbus Mountain | NNE 16° | 707 m | 13.0 mi |
| Chairback Mountain | NNE 18° | 668 m | 13.7 mi |
| Third Mountain | N 11° | 610 m | 12.3 mi |
| Borestone Mountain East Peak | NNW 339° | 604 m | 8.0 mi |
| Russell Mountain | W 260° | 596 m | 13.5 mi |
| Benson Mountain | N 11° | 559 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:09 | 15:58 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sebec Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 566685 — Garcock Hill, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358219929
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