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Poplar Hill

Poplar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Poplar Hill rises to 80 m in Maine. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Popple Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33144062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
80 m
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Coordinates44.69869, -67.98417

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 46
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 6.5 mi
  • Cable Pool Park: 6.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
  • Stewart Park: 7.5 mi
  • Unionville Ballfield: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Black Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Molasses Pond Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Jordan Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 8
  • Ruggles House Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Hancock Historical Society: 17.7 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 21.6 mi
  • Historical Museum: 21.7 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Long Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 24.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 5
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 14.0 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 15.6 mi
  • Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 22.3 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 23.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Gardens: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 19.2 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 24.0 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 16.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Chief Spring: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Poplar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lead MountainNNW 332°439 m13.0 mi
Pleasant MountainN 353°414 m13.3 mi
Tunk MountainSW 233°325 m6.7 mi
Spruce MountainNNW 346°321 m9.8 mi
Schoodic MountainSW 223°319 m11.8 mi
Black MountainSW 220°304 m10.2 mi
Catherine MountainSW 222°284 m7.6 mi
Caribou MountainSW 225°259 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0618:44
June solstice04:4719:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5318:31
December solstice07:0715:0615:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425260666659483827
Precip in4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358230036

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