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Twitchell Hill

Twitchell Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Twitchell Hill rises to 260 m in Maine. Frye Mountain stands 342 m to the east-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bog Brook Preserve, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33152625, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
260 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.43979, -69.32226

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Vena M. Roberts Memorial Ball Field: 2.9 mi
  • Stevens Pond: 4.2 mi
  • Ruffingham Meadow State Game Management Area: 4.7 mi
  • Freedom Park: 6.1 mi
  • Frye Mountain State Game Management Area: 6.2 mi
Museums: 23
  • Thorndike Meeting Place: 9.9 mi
  • Belfast Historical Society: 15.5 mi
  • Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage: 15.6 mi
  • Union Historical Society: 16.0 mi
  • Windsor Fair Museum: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • Central Maine Veterans Memorial: 16.5 mi
  • Rotary International Table: 16.9 mi
  • Veterans’ Memorial Bandstand (Plaque): 17.1 mi
  • “One Country” Monument: 17.1 mi
  • Veterans’ Memorial Plaque: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 12
Attractions: 11
  • Three Town Monument Stone: 6.3 mi
  • Giant Pines: 6.4 mi
  • Thurston Cellar Hole: 6.6 mi
  • Chamberlain Cellar Hole: 6.7 mi
  • Dome home: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 11
Beaches: 11
  • Ducktrap Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Lincolnville Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Shirt Tail Point: 19.0 mi
  • Wales Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 2
  • Monroe Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Bond Brook Falls: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Twitchell Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frye MountainENE 64°342 m5.8 mi
Spears MountainENE 58°336 m5.6 mi
Hatchet MountainSSE 150°330 m14.3 mi
Hogback MountainENE 58°327 m2.5 mi
Levenseller MountainSE 128°317 m12.3 mi
Aborn HillNE 47°304 m8.4 mi
Common HillNNE 27°300 m15.0 mi
Simmons HillSSE 156°288 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1118:50
June solstice04:5419:4120:26
September equinox06:2517:5818:37
December solstice07:1115:1316:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 577495 — Twitchell Hill, Waldo County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358225297

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