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Murphy Hill

Murphy Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.27869, -68.40613

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Beaches: 58
Museums: 25
Cliffs: 23
Historic sites: 21
Gardens: 21
  • 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
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 5.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 11.5 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 12.6 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 18.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 13.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainNE 56°419 m7.9 mi
Pemetic MountainENE 64°380 m8.9 mi
Penobscot MountainENE 61°360 m7.8 mi
Bernard MountainNE 46°326 m2.3 mi
Gilmore PeakENE 56°316 m7.5 mi
Bald PeakENE 57°297 m7.2 mi
Mansell MountainNE 49°289 m2.9 mi
Parkman MountainNE 55°287 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:22
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1015:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

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

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