Gates Hill
Gates Hill rises to 309 m in Maine. Musquash Mountain stands 364 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33138898, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 309 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY
- 27.2 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bowers Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Getchell Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Tolman Hill: 2.9 mi
- Weatherbee Hill: 3.3 mi
- Springfield Fair: 3.7 mi
- Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park and Campground: 12.8 mi
- Cole’s Landing: 13.4 mi
- Penobscot River Access - Winn: 16.9 mi
- West Lake Access: 20.9 mi
- The High Bluffs: 18.4 mi
- Little River Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Haley Point: 24.1 mi
- Clay Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Grand Falls: 20.2 mi
- Big Falls: 21.3 mi
- Beans Falls: 21.9 mi
- Little Falls: 22.1 mi
- Cole's Landing Beach: 13.4 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 15.5 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 19.8 mi
- Civil War Monument: 21.9 mi
- WWI Doughboy Statue: 22.0 mi
- Lincoln Veterans Memorial: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Gates Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musquash Mountain | E 95° | 364 m | 12.6 mi |
| Greenland Mountain | NE 50° | 363 m | 20.7 mi |
| Duck Mountain | SSW 192° | 362 m | 16.7 mi |
| Brown Hill | SE 139° | 338 m | 0.9 mi |
| Stetson Mountain | NNE 25° | 326 m | 9.1 mi |
| Tracy Mountain | E 80° | 323 m | 15.0 mi |
| Tomah Mountain | ENE 77° | 320 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | SSE 147° | 317 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:39 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:03 | 15:52 |
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 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topsfield 2, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 566719 — Gates Hill, Penobscot County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358219948
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