Shack Hill
Shack Hill rises to 183 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Carmen Brigalli Memorial Playground, a park 1.0 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q33147386, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hammond Ridge: 7.2 mi
- Black Cat Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Oak Knoll: 8.6 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Carmen Brigalli Memorial Playground: 1.0 mi
- Kermit Crandall Park: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 1.9 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 2.1 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 1.0 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 1.1 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 1.2 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Grand Falls: 1.4 mi
- Mud Gauntlet Falls: 17.3 mi
- Gauntlet Falls: 17.3 mi
- Abol Falls: 18.4 mi
- Cooper Brook Falls: 18.6 mi
- Salmon Stream Lake Scenic Area: 12.9 mi
- Seboeis Public Reserved Land: 14.7 mi
- Gantniers Landing Scenic Area: 15.7 mi
- Seboeis Plantation Public Reserved Land: 16.6 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 18.1 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 15.8 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Lunksoos Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 4.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.5 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.5 mi
- Windey Pitch: 18.3 mi
- The Gateway: 21.8 mi
- Table Land: 21.9 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 3.1 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 14.6 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 14.7 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 21.4 mi
- Caribou Spring: 22.9 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Shack Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | NNW 331° | 1,605 m | 21.4 mi |
| South Peak | NNW 331° | 1,603 m | 21.1 mi |
| Pamola | NNW 333° | 1,495 m | 21.1 mi |
| Chimney Peak | NNW 332° | 1,491 m | 21.1 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | NNW 332° | 1,446 m | 22.7 mi |
| Howe Peaks | NNW 333° | 1,416 m | 23.2 mi |
| Barren Mountain | NW 326° | 1,116 m | 23.8 mi |
| The Owl | NNW 327° | 1,104 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:42 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:04 | 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 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket Muni AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 575424 — Shack Hill, Penobscot County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358224104
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