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Staples Hill

Staples Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.42923, -70.30812

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 13
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 7
  • 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
Gardens: 6
  • 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
Artworks: 4
Springs: 2
  • Cooper Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 14.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Staples Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainW 276°649 m7.7 mi
Brown MountainNNW 346°555 m7.8 mi
Trask MountainWNW 301°527 m3.4 mi
The PinnacleWNW 295°521 m6.9 mi
The SaddlebackW 273°503 m4.3 mi
Little MountainNNW 340°500 m7.7 mi
Allen MountainW 270°488 m7.2 mi
Canton MountainN 3°472 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:54
June solstice04:5819:4520:30
September equinox06:2918:0218:41
December solstice07:1515:1716:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172028415362676658463525
Precip in3.73.44.14.63.95.04.24.03.85.64.54.5

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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