Leighton Hill
Leighton Hill rises to 145 m in Maine. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackstrap Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33140453, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 145 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Blackstrap Hill: 0.5 mi
- Blackstrap Hill: 1.0 mi
- Milliken Hill: 1.9 mi
- Lorenzen Hill: 2.3 mi
- Small Hill: 2.4 mi
- Stone Ridge Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Hardy Road Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Pride Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Blackstrap Hill Preserve: 1.7 mi
- High Meadows Conservation Area: 1.7 mi
- Highland Lake Boat Launch: 1.1 mi
- Huston School Park: 1.9 mi
- Blackstrap Canoe Launch: 2.2 mi
- Falmouth Community Park: 2.4 mi
- North Deering Park: 2.9 mi
- Hurricane Valley Farm: 3.1 mi
- Riverton Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Medical Herbal Garden: 4.9 mi
- Plot 70: 5.0 mi
- Plot 64A: 5.0 mi
- Jack D. Finley Memorial Plaza: 4.9 mi
- Riverbank: 4.9 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 5.0 mi
- Vietnam Conflict Memorial: 5.0 mi
- POW - MIA Memorial: 5.0 mi
- East End Beach: 7.2 mi
- West Shore Sandy Beach: 8.3 mi
- Centennial Beach: 8.9 mi
- Sunset Beach: 8.9 mi
- Willard Beach: 8.9 mi
- Cumberland Farmers Club: 4.9 mi
- Ampitheater: 5.3 mi
- Elks Club: 6.5 mi
- Portland Observatory: 7.1 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 7.4 mi
- University of New England Art Gallery: 4.8 mi
- Tate House Museum: 6.3 mi
- International Cryptozoology Museum: 7.0 mi
- Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine: 7.0 mi
- Maine Jewish Museum: 7.1 mi
- Chalk Art Wall: 3.4 mi
- The Constance Corey PhD. Memorial Garden: 4.8 mi
- Biosphere: 4.9 mi
- Tractor: 5.1 mi
- Cloud Couch: 5.7 mi
- White Head Cliff: 10.0 mi
- The Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 10.1 mi
- Cod Ledges: 10.1 mi
- Fryes Leap: 11.8 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 3.5 mi
- First Falls: 8.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 14.6 mi
- Steep Falls: 16.7 mi
- Hiram Falls: 24.2 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 16.6 mi
- Davis Spring: 18.5 mi
- Bug Light: 8.0 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Leighton Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 348° | 178 m | 5.3 mi |
| Dutton Hill | N 356° | 175 m | 7.0 mi |
| Adams Hill | NNW 342° | 174 m | 9.7 mi |
| Hunt Hill | N 1° | 153 m | 7.2 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NE 36° | 151 m | 1.0 mi |
| Baker Mountain | NNW 336° | 149 m | 6.0 mi |
| Freeman Hill | NW 319° | 148 m | 9.6 mi |
| Boody Hill | NNW 338° | 145 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:44 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:20 | 16:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 569466 — Leighton Hill, Cumberland County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221364
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