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Hedgehog Mountain

Hedgehog Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Hedgehog Mountain rises to 85 m in Maine. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pownal Road Fields, a park 0.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 25 miles off.

The story

mountain in Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33139481, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
85 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.86564, -70.12704

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pownal Road Fields: 0.4 mi
  • Hunter Road Fields: 0.5 mi
  • Discovery Park: 1.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Leon Gorman Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street): 1.2 mi
  • FCS Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Organic Gardens: 3.6 mi
  • Organic Vegetable Fields: 3.8 mi
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 3.9 mi
Attractions
  • LL Bean Boot: 1.3 mi
  • "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 1.3 mi
  • Desert of Maine: 1.5 mi
  • Big Indian: 3.4 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Beaches: 54
Artworks: 43
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 5.3 mi
  • Frog Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Labyrinth in the Woods: 7.5 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 8.5 mi
  • Holy Trinty: 8.6 mi
Museums: 42
Cliffs: 9
  • White Head Cliff: 15.5 mi
  • The Cliffs: 15.6 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 16.1 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 16.3 mi
  • Pismire Bluff: 17.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Hedgehog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillWSW 255°178 m11.7 mi
Dutton HillW 264°175 m10.8 mi
Adams HillW 275°174 m13.3 mi
Woodbury HillNNW 333°168 m12.8 mi
Hunt HillW 265°153 m10.1 mi
Blackstrap HillSW 233°151 m12.1 mi
Little HillNW 308°151 m12.6 mi
Gloucester HillNW 306°150 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4320:27
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:1916:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533445464706961493928
Precip in3.53.34.04.43.64.73.73.84.35.44.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358220580

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