Knox Hill
Knox Hill rises to 187 m in Maine. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the west-northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant River Lake, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33140360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 16.8 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 24.3 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spruce Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Northeast Hill: 2.3 mi
- Pleasant Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Beech Hill: 5.3 mi
- Pleasant River Lake: 1.5 mi
- Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- Chalk Pond Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Mopang Stream: 6.5 mi
- Spring River Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Mopang Lake Boating Access: 4.1 mi
- Upper Lead Mountain Pond Access: 6.6 mi
- Spectacle Pond Boating Access: 11.7 mi
- Middle Branch Union River Boat Launch: 15.1 mi
- First Chain Lake Boat Access: 15.6 mi
- Molasses Pond Beach: 15.9 mi
- Black Beach: 18.6 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 19.5 mi
- Jordan Beach: 22.0 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 22.0 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 10.6 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Roberts Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Long Falls: 12.4 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 15.4 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 19.9 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 19.1 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 20.3 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Long Cove: 24.5 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 18.3 mi
- Riceville: 21.4 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Knox Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mountain | WNW 285° | 439 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | NNW 337° | 414 m | 3.7 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | NNW 348° | 335 m | 14.4 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | NW 313° | 326 m | 14.7 mi |
| Tunk Mountain | SSW 200° | 325 m | 14.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | W 261° | 321 m | 2.2 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NW 305° | 284 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pinnacle | WNW 291° | 281 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:06 | 15:54 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wesley, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358221252
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