Owls Head
Owls Head is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. The Traveler stands 1,079 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 248 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Snowshoe Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Cunningham Mountains: 3.9 mi
- Spoon Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Hay Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Jameson Ridge: 6.7 mi
- Godfrey Pitch: 7.1 mi
- Sawtelle Falls: 7.2 mi
- Shin Falls: 9.1 mi
- Grand Pitch: 9.1 mi
- Grand Pitch: 9.4 mi
- Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land: 2.1 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Oxbow Plantation Public Reserved Land: 15.2 mi
- Mount Chase State Forest: 16.7 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- SFMA Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Halfway Brook Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Norway Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Snub Pitch: 17.4 mi
- Table Land: 24.6 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 21.3 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 21.5 mi
- Town of Patten Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
- Patten Academy Monument & Bell: 21.6 mi
- Baxter State Park: 22.7 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 21.3 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Caribou Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Owls Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Traveler | SSW 204° | 1,079 m | 12.5 mi |
| Traveler Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,034 m | 12.5 mi |
| Peak of the Ridges | SSW 208° | 982 m | 12.9 mi |
| North Traveler Mountain | SSW 210° | 958 m | 11.0 mi |
| North Pogy Mountain | SW 216° | 855 m | 16.7 mi |
| South Pogy Mountain | SW 214° | 822 m | 17.4 mi |
| South Branch Mountain | SW 219° | 800 m | 13.2 mi |
| South Traveler Mountain | SSW 201° | 786 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 19:44 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:01 | 15:52 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358222667
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