Official Name: | Blue Hill, Maine |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Maine#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Blue Hill |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Maine |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hancock |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Blue Hill |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 12.21 |
Area Land Km2: | 12.19 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.72 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.71 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 963 |
Population Density Km2: | 79.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 204.59 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 8.3 |
Elevation Ft: | 27 |
Coordinates: | 44.4136°N -68.5867°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 04614 |
Area Code: | 207 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 23-05665 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2630697 |
Blue Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Blue Hill in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The CDP population was 943 as per the 2010 census,[2] out of a population of 2,686 in the town of Blue Hill as a whole.
The Blue Hill CDP consists of the main village, within the town of Blue Hill. The CDP is located at the geographic center of the town, surrounding the head of Blue Hill Harbor, an arm of Blue Hill Bay. The CDP extends south along Route 175 as far as Bragdon Brook, just north of Blue Hill Falls; southwest along Routes 15 and 176 as far as Grindleville Road; west along Route 177 (Union Street) to Field House Lane; northwest along Route 15 past Mountain Road to the southern slopes of Blue Hill; northeast along Route 172 past Mountain Road; and east along Route 176 to Peters Cove and Little Peters Brook. The 285m (935feet) summit of Blue Hill is just outside the CDP to the north.[3]
Ellsworth is northeast of Blue Hill via Route 172, Bucksport is to the northwest via Route 15, and the village of Deer Isle is south via Route 15.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.2sqkm, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.19%, are water.[2]