Prescott Hill
Prescott Hill rises to 55 m in Maine. Middle Peak stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Negutaquet Conservation Area, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q33144388, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 55 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 16.1 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Independence Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
Named places within 25 miles
- Negutaquet Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Perkinstown Wildlife Commons: 1.7 mi
- Tatnic Hills Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Orris Falls Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Grants Meadow at Beaver Dam Heath: 3.2 mi
- Welch Hill: 2.2 mi
- Brown Hill: 2.5 mi
- Big Bump: 2.6 mi
- Hall Hill: 2.8 mi
- Tatnic Hills: 2.8 mi
- Airport Fields: 5.5 mi
- South Berwick Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 6.4 mi
- Malley Farm Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Counting House Park: 6.8 mi
- Roundhouse: 7.5 mi
- Rachel Carson: 10.0 mi
- Abandoned pier: 15.2 mi
- Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 15.4 mi
- Carved Bench: 15.4 mi
- Somersworth Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
- Hamilton House: 7.7 mi
- Ogunquit Heritage Museum: 8.4 mi
- Ogunquit Museum of American Art: 9.3 mi
- Children's Museum of New Hampshire: 10.5 mi
- Footbridge Beach: 8.3 mi
- Moody Beach: 8.3 mi
- Ogunquit Beach: 8.4 mi
- Crescent Beach: 8.7 mi
- Little Beach: 8.8 mi
- Fairy Village: 9.9 mi
- Sherwood Cairn Garden: 10.9 mi
- Snake Eyes: 11.1 mi
- Our Forebearers of the Coast: 13.7 mi
- A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 15.1 mi
- South Berwick Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Somersworth Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Sanford Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 14.3 mi
- MUB Garden: 15.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 4.2 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 9.6 mi
- Take Flight: 12.7 mi
- Wagon: 14.2 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 16.0 mi
- Orris Falls: 2.9 mi
- Hayes Falls: 11.1 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 11.2 mi
- Gonic Trails Falls: 13.0 mi
- Second Falls: 17.6 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 10.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 10.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 11.0 mi
- York Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 15.8 mi
- Birthday Bay: 19.1 mi
- Front Pavilion: 20.2 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 20.3 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 16.6 mi
- Oil House: 16.7 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 16.7 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 16.0 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Prescott Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Peak | NNW 336° | 263 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bauneg Beg Mountain | NNW 336° | 262 m | 5.5 mi |
| North Peak | NNW 338° | 250 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Hope | NNW 337° | 211 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Agamenticus | SSE 159° | 210 m | 6.5 mi |
| Second Hill | SSE 153° | 167 m | 6.2 mi |
| Abbott Hill | NW 314° | 166 m | 6.1 mi |
| Third Hill | SE 146° | 159 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:24 | 16:11 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Neddick, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573782 — Prescott Hill, York County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223187
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