Welcome Hill
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
- 3.9 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 14.2 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 17 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 28 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Freeman Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Millay Hill: 3.1 mi
- Foster Hill: 3.5 mi
- Brackett Hill: 4.0 mi
- Allen Pinnacle: 4.2 mi
- 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
- Freeman Township Public Reserved Land: 1.1 mi
- Stump Pond Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Shiloh Pond Community Forest: 7.3 mi
- Mount Abraham Public Reserved Land: 10.0 mi
- Highland Plantation Double Public Reserved Land: 10.7 mi
- 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
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 11.0 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 15.8 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 16.8 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 19.6 mi
- Parsons School: 3.2 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 16.8 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 16.8 mi
- Veterans Monument: 22.1 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 14.9 mi
- Smalls falls: 18.5 mi
- Long Falls: 21.8 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 22.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 17.0 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 20.6 mi
- Girl with Tail: 23.5 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 16.2 mi
- Smalls Falls: 18.4 mi
- Riverside Beach: 11.9 mi
- Spring water: 15.8 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Flagstaff: 17.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 315° | 1,319 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Abraham | WNW 295° | 1,230 m | 9.6 mi |
| Spaulding Mountain | NW 304° | 1,219 m | 11.0 mi |
| Burnt Hill | NW 322° | 1,099 m | 10.7 mi |
| Lone Mountain | WNW 291° | 975 m | 11.3 mi |
| Farmer Mountain | WNW 284° | 969 m | 9.4 mi |
| Owls Head | NNW 327° | 890 m | 9.1 mi |
| Black Nubble | NW 317° | 853 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:55 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:14 | 16:03 |
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 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225546
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