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High Head

High Head, seen from above at true elevation

High Head rises to 54 m in Maine. Round Lake Hills stands 135 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Memorial Park, a park 2.9 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q33139583, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
54 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.77621, -67.37119

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 47
  • Mill Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Fort O'Brien State Historic Site: 6.1 mi
  • Patrick Lake Boating Access: 6.3 mi
  • Machias Park: 6.4 mi
  • Reynold’s Brook – Orange River Wildlife Preserve: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 21
Cliffs: 11
Attractions: 9
  • Burnham Tavern Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Shipwreck: 14.5 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 17.3 mi
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 18.7 mi
  • Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 19.5 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 5
Artworks: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bad Little Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of High Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round Lake HillsNW 318°135 m11.8 mi
Big Allan MountainN 8°133 m12.6 mi
Pughole MountainENE 76°118 m8.8 mi
Little Allan MountainNNE 12°117 m12.5 mi
Pumpkin RidgeWSW 241°104 m7.0 mi
Harmon MountainWNW 293°99 m10.6 mi
Yellowbirch MountainE 90°98 m9.7 mi
Woodruff MountainS 174°93 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3418:0318:42
June solstice04:4419:3520:20
September equinox06:1717:5018:29
December solstice07:0515:0415:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425260666659483827
Precip in4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358220643

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