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Hardwood Hill

Hardwood Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Hardwood Hill rises to 477 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Island Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 5.6 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q33139265, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
477 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.66393, -69.54672

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 23
Waterfalls: 18
  • Stair Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Billings Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Indian Stream Falls: 17.7 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 4
Parks: 3
  • Little Claw Campsite: 12.7 mi
  • Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 12.7 mi
  • Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Pebble Beach: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Hardwood Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Cap MountainESE 117°1,109 m16.4 mi
Baker MountainSE 131°1,063 m9.8 mi
Big Spencer MountainNNE 33°980 m9.2 mi
Little Spruce MountainESE 119°980 m18.2 mi
Big Moose MountainSSW 213°967 m14.8 mi
West PeakSE 124°965 m14.6 mi
Lily Bay MountainSE 133°963 m7.3 mi
Big Shanty MountainESE 115°948 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1118:51
June solstice04:5019:4620:32
September equinox06:2617:5918:38
December solstice07:1715:0815:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131424375160656356443221
Precip in2.72.32.83.33.44.44.03.93.44.53.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moosehead, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358220440

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