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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: 16
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
Attractions: 3
Cliffs: 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 MountainNW1,109 m18.0 mi
Little Spruce MountainNW980 m16.2 mi
Big Shanty MountainNW948 m16.0 mi
Big Spruce MountainNW944 m17.0 mi
Saddleback MountainNW905 m12.2 mi
Jo-Mary MountainNNW883 m17.8 mi
Little Shanty MountainNW780 m15.5 mi
Fourth MountainWNW714 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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