Sand Hill
Sand Hill rises to 79 m in Maine. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeon Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, Maine, United States of America
Wikidata Q33146714, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 79 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 5.8 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 17.6 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 25.2 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 20 mi
- Frazer Point · 23 mi
- Overlook · 24 mi
- Beach · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pigeon Hill: 2.0 mi
- Schoodic Hill: 2.3 mi
- Peaked Hill: 2.3 mi
- Campbell Meadow Hill: 2.7 mi
- Heath Hill: 2.8 mi
- Great Heath Public Reserved Land: 4.4 mi
- Redmond's Brook Preserve: 5.2 mi
- McHatton Brook Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Narraguagus Junction Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Pleasant River Community Forest: 6.0 mi
- Cable Pool Park: 5.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
- Stewart Park: 5.6 mi
- Addison Point Park: 6.9 mi
- Milbridge Town Marina: 8.6 mi
- Jordan Beach: 8.9 mi
- Black Beach: 14.4 mi
- Rogers Point Beach: 14.6 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 14.7 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 15.7 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Devil's Stairway: 17.9 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 6.7 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 21.5 mi
- Winter Harbor Historical Society: 21.9 mi
- Historical Museum: 22.0 mi
- Gates House Museum: 23.2 mi
- Long Falls: 8.6 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 12.8 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 20.2 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 20.2 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 20.2 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 7.8 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 9.5 mi
- Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 16.2 mi
- Burnham Tavern Museum: 20.2 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 19.7 mi
- Petit Manan Light: 20.8 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 23.9 mi
- Double Arch: 15.5 mi
- Big Chief Spring: 18.6 mi
- Long Cove: 19.0 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Sand Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunk Mountain | W 260° | 325 m | 11.4 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NW 325° | 321 m | 14.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 246° | 304 m | 13.7 mi |
| Catherine Mountain | WSW 252° | 284 m | 11.5 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | WSW 251° | 259 m | 12.7 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | SW 235° | 201 m | 13.1 mi |
| Blackwood Mountain | SW 232° | 194 m | 12.2 mi |
| Knox Hill | NNW 333° | 187 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:05 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:36 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:52 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:06 | 15:54 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1909336 — Sand Hill, Washington County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358230060
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