Granite Hill
Granite Hill rises to 158 m in Maine. Fayette Ridge stands 262 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lithgow Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33139020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 158 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Youth Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Blaine Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Vaughan Field Park: 2.2 mi
- Hall-Dale Little League Fields: 2.3 mi
- Granite City Park: 2.4 mi
- Lithgow Hill: 0.6 mi
- Howard Hill: 1.7 mi
- Meadow Hill: 2.3 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.4 mi
- Perkins Hill: 3.0 mi
- Effie L. Berry Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
- Wagner Woods Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
- Howard Hill Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Bond Brook Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- North Acres Wildlife Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- Maine State Museum: 2.4 mi
- Kennebec Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House: 2.5 mi
- Klahr Center: 2.7 mi
- Old Fort Western: 3.0 mi
- Children's 9/11 Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.6 mi
- Mausoleum and Memorial of Enoch Lincoln: 2.7 mi
- Liberty Bell: 2.4 mi
- Dr Hubbard Office: 2.4 mi
- Dummer House: 2.4 mi
- Demolition Derby Pit: 11.7 mi
- Kiddie Land: 11.7 mi
- University of Maine at Augusta Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Mill Park Garden: 3.0 mi
- Cony Circle Garden: 3.1 mi
- Viles Arboretum: 3.6 mi
- Loon Cove: 8.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 2.3 mi
- Samantha Smith: 2.4 mi
- Community Celebration Mural: 2.9 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus: 3.0 mi
- Fisher Man: 15.5 mi
- East Winthrop Beach: 3.5 mi
- Tyler’s Pond Beach: 5.5 mi
- Town Beach: 8.3 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 11.7 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 13.6 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
- The Bluff: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Granite Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Ridge | NW 305° | 262 m | 16.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | NW 308° | 253 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | W 270° | 246 m | 9.6 mi |
| Baldwin Hill | NW 306° | 239 m | 14.9 mi |
| Bowen Hill | NNW 326° | 238 m | 13.4 mi |
| Danforth Hill | SW 220° | 208 m | 13.8 mi |
| Morrison Heights | W 276° | 204 m | 11.3 mi |
| Hornbeam Mountain | NNW 333° | 204 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:43 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:16 | 16:04 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta State AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 567044 — Granite Hill, Kennebec County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358220119
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