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Welcome Hill

Welcome Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Welcome Hill rises to 402 m in Maine. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,319 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Freeman Township Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33153542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
402 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.91422, -70.14756

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Freeman Ridge Bike Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kingfield Town Park: 2.9 mi
  • New Portland Lions Fair: 6.0 mi
  • Carrabassett River Access: 6.5 mi
  • Strong Public Beach: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Lexington Historical Society: 6.5 mi
  • Embden Petroglyphs (Indian Rock): 14.0 mi
  • North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 14.4 mi
  • rope swing: 14.4 mi
  • clay slides: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Parsons School: 3.2 mi
  • Strong Veterans Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • Honor Roll Monument: 16.8 mi
  • Honor Roll Monument: 16.8 mi
  • Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 16.8 mi
Museums: 8
Waterfalls: 4
  • Houston Brook Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Smalls falls: 18.5 mi
  • Long Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Austinm Stream Falls: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Beach: 11.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring water: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Welcome Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNW 315°1,319 m11.5 mi
Mount AbrahamWNW 295°1,230 m9.6 mi
Spaulding MountainNW 304°1,219 m11.0 mi
Burnt HillNW 322°1,099 m10.7 mi
Lone MountainWNW 291°975 m11.3 mi
Farmer MountainWNW 284°969 m9.4 mi
Owls HeadNNW 327°890 m9.1 mi
Black NubbleNW 317°853 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1418:53
June solstice04:5519:4620:31
September equinox06:2818:0118:40
December solstice07:1615:1416:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161828415363686759473524
Precip in2.92.32.93.53.34.23.63.43.34.83.83.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358225546

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