Thorncrag Hill
Thorncrag Hill rises to 157 m in Maine. Mount Prospect stands 280 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Fireplace, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33151414, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 157 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- McMahon Field and Trails: 0.7 mi
- Elliot Little League Ball Fields: 0.9 mi
- Mayer Park: 1.1 mi
- Pettingill School Park: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Mount David: 1.8 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.1 mi
- Robinson Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Mount Giles: 3.8 mi
- Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary: 0.1 mi
- Thorncrag NatureSanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Garcelon Bog Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- David Rancourt River Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Applesass Hill: 2.3 mi
- Oxford Casino: 13.5 mi
- Pineland Farms Corn Maize: 14.3 mi
- Bradbury Mountain State Park: 14.8 mi
- Moose: 15.4 mi
- White-tailed Deer: 15.4 mi
- Bates College Museum of Art: 1.5 mi
- Androscoggin County Historical Museum: 2.7 mi
- Auburn Fire Department Museum: 4.4 mi
- The Butterfly & Insect Museum: 9.7 mi
- Poland Spring Museum: 10.8 mi
- Miller Fireplace: 0.0 mi
- Anthony Fireplace: 0.1 mi
- Wood Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Bonney Park: 3.0 mi
- Mount Ararat 9/11 memorial: 15.8 mi
- The Atsuko Hirai Lantern and Garden: 1.5 mi
- Whitney Street Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Sensation Garden: 14.6 mi
- Cutting Garden: 14.6 mi
- Lilac Garden: 15.3 mi
- Lower Range Pond Beach: 11.0 mi
- Tripp Lake Beach: 13.6 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 15.6 mi
- Coffin Pond: 16.1 mi
- Wilkies Beach: 16.2 mi
- Frog Rock: 16.1 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 17.1 mi
- Holy Trinty: 17.2 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 17.5 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 17.7 mi
- Pismire Bluff: 16.2 mi
- The Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Berry Ledge: 24.6 mi
- Fryes Leap: 24.9 mi
- First Falls: 21.8 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 24.4 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 24.5 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 24.6 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 16.5 mi
- Cooper Spring: 17.5 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Thorncrag Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Prospect | WNW 285° | 280 m | 9.4 mi |
| Sabattus Mountain | ENE 66° | 244 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hersey Hill | NW 306° | 238 m | 8.6 mi |
| Goff Ledge | WNW 289° | 233 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bradbury Hill | WNW 294° | 232 m | 9.3 mi |
| Greenwood Mountain | WNW 300° | 232 m | 11.8 mi |
| Woodman Hill | W 276° | 214 m | 8.1 mi |
| Clark Mountain | N 359° | 208 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:44 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:18 | 16:06 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewiston, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225082
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