Porter Hill
Porter Hill rises to 312 m in Maine. Mount Blue stands 973 m to the west-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Patriots Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33144204, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 312 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 18.2 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 23.5 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 24 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Patriots Peak: 2.3 mi
- Potato Hill: 2.4 mi
- Caldin Hill: 2.8 mi
- Cowen Hill: 3.2 mi
- Voter Hill: 3.7 mi
- Strong Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- Willow Springs: 3.5 mi
- Horn Woods: 3.6 mi
- Village Woods: 3.7 mi
- Flint Woods: 3.7 mi
- Deer Park: 3.8 mi
- Powder House Hill Trails: 3.9 mi
- Meetinghouse Park: 4.0 mi
- Bonney Woods: 4.0 mi
- Walton's Mill Park: 4.1 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 4.0 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 4.0 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 4.0 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Parsons School: 15.0 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 4.0 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 6.1 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 10.0 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 10.5 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 16.3 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 16.8 mi
- Lebanon Masonic Lodge 116: 19.4 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 20.0 mi
- North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 20.1 mi
- clay slides: 23.0 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 4.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 17.5 mi
- Fisher Man: 18.2 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 20.0 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 24.3 mi
- The Falls: 15.0 mi
- Smalls falls: 18.1 mi
- Rumford Falls: 20.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 24.8 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Shagg Crag: 24.5 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Smalls Falls: 18.0 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 19.3 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Porter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blue | WNW 282° | 973 m | 6.4 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WNW 291° | 784 m | 5.2 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SW 232° | 784 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | WNW 289° | 755 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 238° | 717 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pope Mountain | WNW 295° | 642 m | 9.7 mi |
| Day Mountain | NNW 332° | 641 m | 4.1 mi |
| Kinneys Head | WSW 245° | 639 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:15 | 16:04 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573685 — Porter Hill, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223132
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