Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill rises to 284 m in Maine. Musquash Mountain stands 364 m to the east, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Penobscot Bald Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33152960, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 284 m
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Million Dollar View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Penobscot Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mack Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bowers Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Junior Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Getchell Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Keg Lake Public Reserved Land: 3.9 mi
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest: 6.7 mi
- Webster Plantation Public Reserved Land: 8.9 mi
- Upper Dobsis Public Reserved Land: 9.5 mi
- Magoon Pond Public Reserved Land: 10.0 mi
- Springfield Fair: 7.1 mi
- Cole’s Landing: 15.8 mi
- Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park and Campground: 16.7 mi
- West Lake Access: 19.9 mi
- Penobscot River Access - Winn: 20.5 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 12.5 mi
- Cole's Landing Beach: 15.7 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 16.1 mi
- Campbell Shore: 21.2 mi
- Hold Shore: 21.2 mi
- Big Falls: 17.4 mi
- Little Falls: 18.2 mi
- Grand Falls: 20.2 mi
- Beans Falls: 24.3 mi
- The High Bluffs: 15.6 mi
- Little River Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Haley Point: 24.9 mi
- Princeton War Monument: 22.6 mi
- Civil War Monument: 24.7 mi
- WWI Doughboy Statue: 24.8 mi
- Indian Township Museum: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Vinegar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musquash Mountain | E 81° | 364 m | 9.7 mi |
| Greenland Mountain | NE 38° | 363 m | 20.5 mi |
| Duck Mountain | SSW 205° | 362 m | 15.1 mi |
| Brown Hill | NW 309° | 338 m | 3.1 mi |
| Stetson Mountain | N 4° | 326 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tracy Mountain | ENE 66° | 323 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tomah Mountain | ENE 65° | 320 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | WNW 297° | 317 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:05 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:39 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:03 | 15:52 |
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 | 19 | 27 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topsfield 2, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 577732 — Vinegar Hill, Penobscot County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358225413
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