Jones Hill
Jones Hill rises to 282 m in Maine. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the east-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Simmons Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q33140182, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 282 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Simmons Hill: 0.3 mi
- Philbrick Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Gurney Hill: 1.6 mi
- Hatchet Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Johnson Hill: 3.2 mi
- Hall Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Hall Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Hatchet Mountain Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Appleton Preserve: 2.7 mi
- St. George River Access: 2.9 mi
- True Park: 3.3 mi
- Union Fairgrounds: 4.8 mi
- Ayer Park: 5.1 mi
- Ragged Mountain Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Breezemere Park: 6.1 mi
- Union Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage: 4.5 mi
- Conway House Museum: 8.5 mi
- Mary Meeker Cramer Museum: 8.6 mi
- Knox Mill Museum: 8.6 mi
- Shirt Tail Point: 7.5 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 9.2 mi
- Goodie's Beach: 9.2 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 10.7 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 11.0 mi
- Prison Show Room: 13.1 mi
- The Wall: 13.2 mi
- Dome home: 16.9 mi
- Thurston Cellar Hole: 17.3 mi
- Giant Pines: 17.3 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 6.7 mi
- Spruce Head: 12.2 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 13.9 mi
- Hogback Ledge: 14.4 mi
- Andre the Seal: 9.2 mi
- Puffin Wall: 12.5 mi
- Seagull: 12.5 mi
- Lobster: 12.7 mi
- Sphere: 13.0 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 9.7 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 10.6 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 10.9 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 12.5 mi
- Miller School Garden: 14.1 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 11.0 mi
- Cannon: 12.2 mi
- Arthur Noble Memorial: 18.3 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 22.7 mi
- St. George Fisherman Memorial: 24.2 mi
- Vinal Falls: 22.6 mi
- Monroe Falls: 24.8 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Jones Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | ESE 103° | 419 m | 7.9 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | SE 136° | 390 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 121° | 384 m | 5.0 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | SE 131° | 375 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | E 89° | 331 m | 8.9 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | E 99° | 330 m | 2.3 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNW 348° | 327 m | 13.6 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | NE 47° | 317 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:41 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 568964 — Jones Hill, Knox County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221126
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 30 mi
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