Peaked Hill
Peaked Hill rises to 560 m in Maine. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,319 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Briggs Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33142918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 560 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 7.3 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Briggs Hill: 1.4 mi
- Hutchins Hill: 2.4 mi
- Chandler Hill: 2.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.4 mi
- Highland Plantation SE Public Reserved Land: 1.8 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation Public Reserved Land: 3.2 mi
- Highland Plantation Double Public Reserved Land: 3.4 mi
- Highland Plantation East Public Reserved Land: 5.0 mi
- Highland Plantation West Public Reserved Land: 6.7 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Flagstaff Ledge House: 10.6 mi
- Embden Petroglyphs (Indian Rock): 10.7 mi
- rope swing: 11.4 mi
- clay slides: 12.1 mi
- Quimby Field: 7.2 mi
- New Portland Lions Fair: 8.5 mi
- Kingfield Town Park: 8.6 mi
- Freeman Ridge Bike Park: 9.4 mi
- Embden Pond Boat Access: 9.6 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 12.3 mi
- Long Falls: 15.6 mi
- Grand Falls: 20.3 mi
- Moxie Falls: 22.8 mi
- Athens Historical Society Museum: 18.9 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 21.0 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 21.4 mi
- History House: 23.9 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 24.5 mi
- Parsons School: 9.6 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 18.6 mi
- Skowhegan Indian Sculpture: 24.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Girl with Tail: 24.2 mi
- Spring water: 6.3 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 9.3 mi
- Riverside Beach: 9.6 mi
- Flagstaff: 12.8 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Peaked Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 268° | 1,319 m | 14.0 mi |
| Avery Peak | WNW 302° | 1,234 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | WNW 300° | 1,227 m | 14.8 mi |
| West Peak | WNW 300° | 1,222 m | 14.8 mi |
| Little Bigelow Mountain | NW 305° | 912 m | 12.0 mi |
| Moxie Mountain | NNE 29° | 893 m | 13.3 mi |
| Owls Head | W 265° | 890 m | 10.9 mi |
| Poplar Mountain | WNW 286° | 809 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:13 | 16:02 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358222765
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