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Vinegar Hill

Vinegar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates45.36784, -67.99390

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 9
  • 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
Beaches: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Big Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Little Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Grand Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Beans Falls: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 1
  • Indian Township Museum: 21.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Vinegar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Musquash MountainE 81°364 m9.7 mi
Greenland MountainNE 38°363 m20.5 mi
Duck MountainSSW 205°362 m15.1 mi
Brown HillNW 309°338 m3.1 mi
Stetson MountainN 4°326 m10.9 mi
Tracy MountainENE 66°323 m12.9 mi
Tomah MountainENE 65°320 m15.6 mi
Bowers MountainWNW 297°317 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0518:44
June solstice04:4519:3920:25
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:0915:0315:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161927415362686758463523
Precip in4.13.64.54.24.24.23.83.44.05.45.35.2

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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