Holmes Hill
Holmes Hill rises to 281 m in Maine. Black Mountain stands 649 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Robinson Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33139684, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 281 m
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hartford Town Beach: 2.8 mi
- Donald E. Hutchins Memorial Ballfield: 4.5 mi
- Bear Pond Beach: 5.2 mi
- Frog Pond Park: 5.5 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 5.7 mi
- Robinson Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 1.4 mi
- Doten Hill: 1.8 mi
- Deacon Pinnacle: 2.0 mi
- Fields Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bear Paw Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Everett Towle Forest: 5.6 mi
- Drew Brook Forest: 6.0 mi
- LeBlanc Rivershore Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Jersey Bog Conservation Area: 6.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 13.5 mi
- World War Honor Roll: 13.6 mi
- Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll: 13.7 mi
- Korea and Vietnam Veterans: 14.9 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 7.2 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Herbon Historical Society: 13.1 mi
- Monmouth Museum: 18.6 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 19.7 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 12.7 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 14.8 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 16.5 mi
- Town Beach: 19.6 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 22.2 mi
- Shagg Crag: 9.3 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Berry Ledge: 11.0 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Shaw Ledge: 14.2 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 14.2 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Whitney Street Community Garden: 20.1 mi
- The Atsuko Hirai Lantern and Garden: 20.4 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 14.7 mi
- Fisher Man: 19.7 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 21.6 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 22.1 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 15.9 mi
- Oxford Casino: 19.1 mi
- Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 23.4 mi
- Cooper Spring: 9.4 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 12.8 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Rumford Falls: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Holmes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NW 306° | 649 m | 6.8 mi |
| Trask Mountain | N 352° | 527 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 241° | 519 m | 6.7 mi |
| The Saddleback | NNW 329° | 503 m | 4.0 mi |
| Allen Mountain | WNW 303° | 488 m | 5.9 mi |
| Spruce Hills | WSW 239° | 475 m | 6.9 mi |
| Tumbledown Dick Mountain | NW 320° | 463 m | 6.8 mi |
| Thompson Mountain | NNW 334° | 441 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:45 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:17 | 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 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358220770
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