Murphy Hill
Murphy Hill rises to 53 m in Maine. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Seal Cove Picnic Area, a park 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33141703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 53 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 17.2 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 26.4 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 10 mi
- Hawk Watch · 10 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 12 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seal Cove Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- Charlotte Rhoades Park: 3.9 mi
- Chris's Pond Park: 4.0 mi
- Pemetic Elementary School play area: 4.0 mi
- Bass Harbor Light Station: 5.2 mi
- Robbins Hill: 0.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 1.1 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.1 mi
- Butlers Hill: 1.2 mi
- Tinker Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mitchell Marsh Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Kelley Farm Preserve: 3.3 mi
- McKenney Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Pond Island Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Acadia National Park: 5.2 mi
- Back Beach: 3.8 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 4.3 mi
- Cobble Beach: 5.0 mi
- Joyce Beach: 7.5 mi
- Birchhead Shore: 8.0 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 1.8 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 3.9 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 5.9 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 7.0 mi
- Canada Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Beach Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 5.3 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 5.6 mi
- Pierce Head: 7.3 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 5.2 mi
- Yourcenar: 6.6 mi
- Champlain Monument: 9.0 mi
- Store Foundation: 10.2 mi
- House Foundation: 10.3 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 7.7 mi
- Heath: 11.4 mi
- Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Meadow: 11.4 mi
- Pitch Pine Upland: 11.4 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 5.0 mi
- Oil House: 5.2 mi
- Keeper's House: 5.2 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 5.2 mi
- Bell House: 5.2 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 4.0 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 4.8 mi
- Birch Spring: 7.3 mi
- Maple Spring: 7.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 8.1 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 7.0 mi
- The Bubble: 8.7 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 11.0 mi
- Thunder Hole: 11.1 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 12.6 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 7.2 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 11.5 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 20.0 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 12.6 mi
- Water Street Mural: 18.1 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 13.0 mi
- Long Cove: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Murphy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sargent Mountain | NE 56° | 419 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | ENE 64° | 380 m | 8.9 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | ENE 61° | 360 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | NE 46° | 326 m | 2.3 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | ENE 56° | 316 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 57° | 297 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | NE 49° | 289 m | 2.9 mi |
| Parkman Mountain | NE 55° | 287 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:10 | 15:58 |
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 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 571995 — Murphy Hill, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358222307
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 5 mi
- Surry · 16 mi
- Ellsworth · 21 mi
- Orland · 26 mi
- Bucksport · 28 mi
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