Sanford Hill
Sanford Hill rises to 262 m in Maine. Frye Mountain stands 342 m to the east, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Forest Preserve, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q33146775, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 262 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Twitchell Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bolen Hill: 3.5 mi
- Whitten Hill: 3.6 mi
- Level Hill: 3.7 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Thurston Park: 4.3 mi
- Vena M. Roberts Memorial Ball Field: 4.9 mi
- Stevens Pond: 6.3 mi
- Freedom Park: 6.3 mi
- Beech Pond Boat Access: 6.4 mi
- Freedom Forest Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Bog Brook Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Whitten Hill Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Northern Headwaters Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Lake Saint George State Park: 3.8 mi
- Thorndike Meeting Place: 9.9 mi
- Redington Museum: 14.3 mi
- Windsor Fair Museum: 15.8 mi
- Colby College Museum of Art: 16.0 mi
- Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage: 17.1 mi
- Three Town Monument Stone: 3.5 mi
- Giant Pines: 3.7 mi
- Thurston Cellar Hole: 3.9 mi
- Chamberlain Cellar Hole: 4.0 mi
- Dome home: 8.5 mi
- Central Maine Veterans Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Rotary International Table: 14.2 mi
- Waterville Fire/Rescue Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Veterans’ Memorial Bandstand (Plaque): 14.4 mi
- “One Country” Monument: 14.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 10.2 mi
- Dye Garden: 10.2 mi
- Loon Cove: 17.4 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 20.6 mi
- Cony Circle Garden: 21.6 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 21.4 mi
- Shirt Tail Point: 21.4 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 21.7 mi
- Wales Beach: 22.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 22.5 mi
- Unity Stones: 10.5 mi
- River Stone: 14.1 mi
- Ticonic Sculpture: 14.2 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus: 21.7 mi
- Community Celebration Mural: 21.9 mi
- Hogback Ledge: 5.6 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 19.6 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 19.9 mi
- The Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Spruce Head: 22.4 mi
- Monroe Falls: 19.3 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 21.8 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Sanford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frye Mountain | E 79° | 342 m | 7.9 mi |
| Spears Mountain | ENE 75° | 336 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | SE 144° | 330 m | 16.6 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | E 86° | 327 m | 4.7 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | SE 125° | 317 m | 15.0 mi |
| Aborn Hill | ENE 62° | 304 m | 9.9 mi |
| Common Hill | NE 37° | 300 m | 15.5 mi |
| Simmons Hill | SSE 149° | 288 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:59 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
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 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville Trtmt PLT, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358223775
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 30 mi
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