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Searles Hill

Searles Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Searles Hill rises to 238 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Gerrish Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 24 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33147162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
238 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.36588, -68.98976

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 29
  • Davis Field: 3.1 mi
  • Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 4.2 mi
  • Veterans Park: 7.9 mi
  • Harris Field: 8.2 mi
  • Sebec Lake Public Beach: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Mud Gauntlet Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Gauntlet Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Hays Brook Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Cowyard Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Historic sites: 12
  • Monument Square: 17.2 mi
  • Children's Memorial: 18.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 18.6 mi
  • Lincoln Veterans Memorial: 23.1 mi
  • WWI Doughboy Statue: 23.5 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Searles Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Cap MountainNW 316°1,109 m18.0 mi
Little Spruce MountainNW 317°980 m16.2 mi
Big Shanty MountainNW 322°948 m16.0 mi
Big Spruce MountainNW 313°944 m17.0 mi
Saddleback MountainNW 325°905 m12.2 mi
Jo-Mary MountainNNW 349°883 m17.8 mi
Little Shanty MountainNW 325°780 m15.5 mi
Fourth MountainWNW 286°714 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0918:48
June solstice04:4919:4320:28
September equinox06:2417:5718:36
December solstice07:1315:0715:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151828405362676658463523
Precip in3.53.03.54.23.94.64.04.13.85.14.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnard, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 575128 — Searles Hill, Piscataquis County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358223885

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