King Hill
King Hill rises to 306 m in Maine. Russell Mountain stands 596 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 1.1 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q33140309, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 306 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Top: 1.1 mi
- Huff Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Crow Hill: 3.7 mi
- Ham Hill: 3.7 mi
- Dorr Hill: 3.8 mi
- Fairground: 6.3 mi
- Ripley Center: 10.3 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 11.1 mi
- Athens Community Park: 11.8 mi
- Dexter Recreational Facility (Bud Ellms Field): 12.5 mi
- Cambridge Woodlands Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Great Moose Wetland Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Parkman Hill Farm: 14.8 mi
- Tibbetts Pond Water Access: 15.8 mi
- Saint Albans Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 17.2 mi
- rope swing: 17.6 mi
- Embden Petroglyphs (Indian Rock): 17.7 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 17.8 mi
- clay slides: 17.8 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 13.4 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 18.9 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 21.1 mi
- Little Wilson Upper Falls: 21.5 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 21.6 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 10.8 mi
- Athens Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Dexter Historical Society Abbot Museum: 13.2 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 17.2 mi
- dih cheese fort: 17.8 mi
- Cannon Monument: 13.2 mi
- Monument Square: 17.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Canaan Veteran's Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Skowhegan Indian Sculpture: 22.2 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 22.1 mi
- Barren Slide: 25.0 mi
- Girl with Tail: 22.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Spring water: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of King Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Mountain | NNW 345° | 596 m | 11.9 mi |
| Blue Top | NNW 334° | 507 m | 15.1 mi |
| Kelly Mountain | W 266° | 487 m | 8.9 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | W 266° | 462 m | 11.6 mi |
| Foss Mountain | W 275° | 458 m | 6.6 mi |
| Huff Mountain | WNW 291° | 403 m | 2.8 mi |
| Guilford Mountain | NE 40° | 387 m | 14.6 mi |
| Whittier Hill | NW 311° | 372 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:11 | 16:00 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harmony, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 569198 — King Hill, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221210
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