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Windy Hill

Windy Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Windy Hill rises to 138 m in Maine. Middle Peak stands 263 m to the northwest, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Grover-Herrick Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33154502, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
138 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.36481, -70.76089
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Airport Fields: 2.7 mi
  • Benton Park: 5.1 mi
  • Central Park: 5.2 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Park: 5.2 mi
  • Gateway Park: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 58
  • Roundhouse: 10.8 mi
  • Rachel Carson: 10.9 mi
  • Mariner's Circle: 14.6 mi
  • Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 15.8 mi
  • Governor's Road: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 55
Museums: 52
Artworks: 19
  • Fairy Village: 6.1 mi
  • Sherwood Cairn Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Snake Eyes: 13.6 mi
  • Our Forebearers of the Coast: 14.4 mi
  • A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 17
Waterfalls: 11
  • Orris Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Second Falls: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Spring Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 10.7 mi
  • Take Flight: 16.5 mi
  • Wagon: 17.2 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Coffin's Cut: 13.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 13.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 13.4 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 13.4 mi
  • Bald Head Cliff: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 18.3 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 22.7 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 23.3 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 23.4 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
  • Two Sisters Spring: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Windy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle PeakNW 323°263 m2.1 mi
Bauneg Beg MountainNW 318°262 m1.8 mi
North PeakNNW 327°250 m2.3 mi
Hurd HillNW 321°250 m11.4 mi
Mount HopeNNW 332°211 m4.3 mi
Mount AgamenticusSSE 161°210 m10.4 mi
Beaver HillN 351°192 m7.8 mi
Hanson RidgeNNW 336°185 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0319:4420:28
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1315:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445463696760483827
Precip in3.73.64.74.63.84.64.03.93.85.34.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sanford 2 NNW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 578575 — Windy Hill, York County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358225787

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