Porcupine Hill
Porcupine Hill rises to 135 m in Maine. Bolen Hill stands 267 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bicentennial Nature Park, a park 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33144092, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 135 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bicentennial Nature Park: 1.4 mi
- Fountain Park: 3.4 mi
- Kiddie Land: 3.5 mi
- Windsor Fairgrounds: 3.5 mi
- Midway Area: 3.5 mi
- Bolton Hill: 2.6 mi
- Givens Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cross Hill: 4.4 mi
- Windsor Neck Hill: 4.6 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 5.2 mi
- Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat: 5.0 mi
- Seawards Mills Conservation Area: 5.0 mi
- Augusta Nature Education Center: 5.8 mi
- Paradise Green Conservation Easement: 5.8 mi
- CEI Easement: 6.2 mi
- Windsor Fair Museum: 3.5 mi
- Old Fort Western: 6.7 mi
- First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House: 7.2 mi
- Kennebec Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Maine State Museum: 7.3 mi
- Old Fort Western: 6.7 mi
- Mausoleum and Memorial of Enoch Lincoln: 7.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 7.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Kiddie Land: 3.5 mi
- Demolition Derby Pit: 3.5 mi
- Midway Area: 3.5 mi
- Liberty Bell: 7.3 mi
- Dr Hubbard Office: 8.1 mi
- Loon Cove: 1.7 mi
- Viles Arboretum: 6.3 mi
- Cony Circle Garden: 6.5 mi
- Mill Park Garden: 6.7 mi
- University of Maine at Augusta Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus: 6.7 mi
- Community Celebration Mural: 6.8 mi
- Samantha Smith: 7.3 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 7.4 mi
- River Stone: 15.6 mi
- Tyler’s Pond Beach: 10.0 mi
- East Winthrop Beach: 12.9 mi
- Town Beach: 16.3 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 20.8 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 20.9 mi
- The Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Hogback Ledge: 21.0 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 6.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Porcupine Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolen Hill | ENE 69° | 267 m | 15.7 mi |
| Patrick Mountain | E 96° | 266 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sanford Hill | NE 56° | 262 m | 15.7 mi |
| Twitchell Hill | ENE 63° | 260 m | 17.4 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | ENE 73° | 253 m | 17.0 mi |
| Cunningham Mountain | E 91° | 252 m | 11.3 mi |
| Coon Mountain | E 80° | 248 m | 15.8 mi |
| Coggans Hill | ESE 108° | 245 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:55 | 19:42 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:15 | 16:03 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta State AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573655 — Porcupine Hill, Kennebec County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223113
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