Sylvester Hill
Sylvester Hill rises to 439 m in Maine. Jackson Mountain stands 1,088 m to the west, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sampson Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33150263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 439 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 16.0 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 26.1 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 29.1 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sampson Hill: 0.5 mi
- Tantrattle Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Phillips Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Little Blue: 2.7 mi
- Park by the Bridge: 3.9 mi
- Phillips Town Park: 4.7 mi
- Strong Baseball Fields: 5.8 mi
- White Elephant Greens: 5.9 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
- Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 5.1 mi
- Strong Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 6.2 mi
- Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 8.4 mi
- Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 8.6 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 10.9 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 10.9 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 10.9 mi
- Parsons School: 15.3 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 3.8 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 4.4 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 9.4 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 11.0 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 12.7 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 11.3 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 17.5 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 19.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Fisher Man: 24.9 mi
- Smalls falls: 11.2 mi
- The Falls: 13.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 18.7 mi
- Rumford Falls: 19.1 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 9.8 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 19.8 mi
- North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 23.6 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Smalls Falls: 11.0 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Riverside Beach: 22.3 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Sylvester Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Mountain | W 268° | 1,088 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Jackson Mountain | W 265° | 1,055 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Blue | SSW 194° | 973 m | 2.8 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | W 264° | 939 m | 10.9 mi |
| Blueberry Mountain | W 270° | 881 m | 7.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SSE 162° | 784 m | 2.4 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | S 189° | 784 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | WSW 244° | 755 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:15 | 16:04 |
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 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 576626 — Sylvester Hill, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358224907
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