Higgins Mountain
Higgins Mountain rises to 79 m in Maine. Tate Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Higgins Mountain Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33139572, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 79 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Higgins Mountain Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Trafton Meadow Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Schoener Robinhood Cove Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Josephine Newman Audubon Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Bald Head Preserve: 1.5 mi
- West Georgetown Hill: 1.4 mi
- Tarrs Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Newtown Hill: 2.0 mi
- Parker Head: 2.4 mi
- Hall Hill: 2.4 mi
- Fort Popham State Historic Site: 4.4 mi
- Church Park: 4.4 mi
- Morse's Landing: 4.4 mi
- Popham Colony: 4.5 mi
- Fort Baldwin State Historic Site: 4.7 mi
- Georgetown Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Phippsburg Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- NeKrangan II Museum: 5.2 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum Library Archives: 6.1 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum: 6.1 mi
- East Beach: 2.8 mi
- Mile Beach: 3.0 mi
- Half Mile Beach: 3.2 mi
- Cole Beach: 3.7 mi
- Hendricks Head Beach: 3.7 mi
- Southport Civil War Monument: 4.1 mi
- Fort Popham (historical): 4.3 mi
- Rachel Carson Memorial: 5.3 mi
- American Revolution Historical Site: 5.9 mi
- Boothbay Harbor Fire Fighter Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Wild Bird Petroglyph: 2.5 mi
- Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph: 2.6 mi
- Circles Petroglyph: 3.3 mi
- Wyoming schooner: 6.2 mi
- Windsound: 6.3 mi
- Vayo Meditation Garden: 6.3 mi
- Arbor Garden: 6.3 mi
- Haney Hillside Garden: 6.3 mi
- Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 6.5 mi
- Cap'n Fish's Cruises: 7.0 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Floratorium: 6.1 mi
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 6.3 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.0 mi
- Hockomock Head: 5.8 mi
- Morse Point: 5.8 mi
- The Bluff: 21.5 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 22.6 mi
- Burnt Head: 22.7 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 5.0 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 5.1 mi
- First Falls: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Higgins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tate Hill | NW 317° | 109 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | WNW 300° | 108 m | 17.4 mi |
| Wheeler Hill | NW 326° | 89 m | 17.6 mi |
| Kenniston Hill | NE 55° | 87 m | 8.4 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 294° | 85 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Hunger | NE 35° | 83 m | 13.3 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | W 269° | 81 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bald Rock | WNW 295° | 81 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:41 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:18 | 16:05 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westport Island, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358220637
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