Staples Hill
Staples Hill rises to 245 m in Maine. Black Mountain stands 649 m to the west, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Donald E. Hutchins Memorial Ballfield, a park 0.9 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33149257, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 245 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Donald E. Hutchins Memorial Ballfield: 0.9 mi
- Hartford Town Beach: 1.1 mi
- Round Pond Access: 4.7 mi
- Frog Pond Park: 6.5 mi
- Dixfield Carry-In Boat Access: 6.6 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.4 mi
- Dunn Ledge: 1.4 mi
- Jewett Hill: 2.1 mi
- Hamlin Hill: 2.2 mi
- Thompson Hill: 2.2 mi
- LeBlanc Rivershore Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Stevens Island Rivershore Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Academy Hill Conservation Area: 3.8 mi
- Bear Paw Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area: 4.6 mi
- war memorial: 16.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 17.4 mi
- World War Honor Roll: 17.5 mi
- Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll: 17.5 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 5.1 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 14.8 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 15.9 mi
- Herbon Historical Society: 16.8 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 18.4 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Shagg Crag: 10.8 mi
- Berry Ledge: 14.3 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 17.6 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 12.1 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 13.3 mi
- Town Beach: 17.7 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 19.0 mi
- East Winthrop Beach: 21.6 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 18.0 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Whitney Street Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 14.2 mi
- Fisher Man: 16.5 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 18.3 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 23.8 mi
- Cooper Spring: 13.3 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 13.3 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 19.8 mi
- Oxford Casino: 22.8 mi
- Rumford Falls: 13.9 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Staples Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | W 276° | 649 m | 7.7 mi |
| Colonel Holman Mountain | NNW 343° | 561 m | 8.2 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNW 346° | 555 m | 7.8 mi |
| Trask Mountain | WNW 301° | 527 m | 3.4 mi |
| The Saddleback | W 273° | 503 m | 4.3 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNW 340° | 500 m | 7.7 mi |
| Allen Mountain | W 270° | 488 m | 7.2 mi |
| Canton Mountain | N 3° | 472 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:45 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
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 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 576256 — Staples Hill, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358224585
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