Gerrish Hill
Gerrish Hill rises to 219 m in Maine. Little Spruce Mountain stands 980 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Brownville Woods, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33138910, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Searles Hill: 1.9 mi
- Stickney Hill: 2.7 mi
- Merrill Hill: 3.1 mi
- Bailey Hill: 3.2 mi
- Brown Hill: 3.4 mi
- Davis Field: 1.4 mi
- Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 4.8 mi
- Veterans Park: 6.9 mi
- Harris Field: 7.3 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 12.6 mi
- Mud Gauntlet Falls: 13.0 mi
- Gauntlet Falls: 13.2 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 15.4 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 15.6 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 16.6 mi
- Brownville Woods: 1.3 mi
- Williamsburg Forest: 3.6 mi
- Barnard Forest: 9.2 mi
- Silver Lake: 10.7 mi
- Seboeis Public Reserved Land: 11.0 mi
- Monument Square: 15.4 mi
- Children's Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Lincoln Veterans Memorial: 24.5 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 10.0 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 15.3 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 15.3 mi
- dih cheese fort: 15.3 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 15.4 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 21.7 mi
- The Jaws: 17.5 mi
- Barren Slide: 19.0 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Gerrish Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Spruce Mountain | NW 324° | 980 m | 16.2 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | NNW 328° | 948 m | 16.2 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | NW 319° | 944 m | 16.8 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | NNW 333° | 905 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Shanty Mountain | NNW 332° | 780 m | 15.8 mi |
| Barren Mountain | WNW 285° | 742 m | 17.6 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | WNW 292° | 714 m | 15.7 mi |
| Columbus Mountain | WNW 300° | 707 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:43 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:07 | 15:57 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnard, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 566760 — Gerrish Hill, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358219969
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