Potter Hill
Potter Hill rises to 515 m in Maine. Jackson Mountain stands 1,088 m to the west-northwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Tumbledown Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q33144265, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 515 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 21.9 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 22.0 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 13 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 17 mi
- Table Rock · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smalls Falls Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Park by the Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Phillips Town Park: 8.9 mi
- Phllips Fish Hatchery: 10.0 mi
- Sandy River Ponds Public Boat Access: 11.2 mi
- Blueberry Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Jackson Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Little Jackson Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Tumbledown East Peak: 3.5 mi
- Tumbledown Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 1.5 mi
- Township 6 Conservation Easement: 4.4 mi
- Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 4.8 mi
- Flagg Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 7.0 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 8.5 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 8.8 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 9.1 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 15.2 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 16.8 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 15.5 mi
- C Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Shagg Crag: 21.5 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 21.9 mi
- Smalls falls: 8.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 11.7 mi
- Rumford Falls: 14.4 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 23.9 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 14.3 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 15.5 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 17.1 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 18.2 mi
- King Spring: 24.5 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 7.7 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 8.1 mi
- Smalls Falls: 8.2 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Potter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,088 m | 2.5 mi |
| Little Jackson Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,055 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Blue | E 98° | 973 m | 6.7 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | W 279° | 939 m | 3.5 mi |
| Tumbledown Southwest Peak | W 275° | 935 m | 3.8 mi |
| Tumbledown East Peak | W 276° | 921 m | 3.5 mi |
| Piper Mountain | NW 313° | 896 m | 10.1 mi |
| Blueberry Mountain | N 356° | 881 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:16 | 16:05 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573725 — Potter Hill, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223158
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