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Sanford Hill

Sanford Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.45452, -69.37504

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Attractions: 44
  • 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
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 17
  • 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
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 11
  • 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
Beaches: 10
  • 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
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 2
  • Monroe Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Bond Brook Falls: 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frye MountainE 79°342 m7.9 mi
Spears MountainENE 75°336 m7.6 mi
Hatchet MountainSE 144°330 m16.6 mi
Hogback MountainE 86°327 m4.7 mi
Levenseller MountainSE 125°317 m15.0 mi
Aborn HillENE 62°304 m9.9 mi
Common HillNE 37°300 m15.5 mi
Simmons HillSSE 149°288 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1218:50
June solstice04:5419:4220:26
September equinox06:2517:5918:37
December solstice07:1115:1316:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130435564706961493726
Precip in3.12.63.33.73.34.03.43.43.84.93.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville Trtmt PLT, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358223775

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