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Baker Mountain

Baker Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Baker Mountain rises to 1,063 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the east, 7.2 miles off. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.3 miles off.

About

The story

Baker Mountain is a wild, trail-less mountain located in Beaver Cove (TA.2 R.13&14, WELS), Piscataquis County, Maine. It is flanked to the northwest by Lily Bay Mountain. Elephant Mountain is about 2 miles (3 km) to the southwest, and White Cap Mountain is about 5 miles (8 km) to the east. The east side of Baker Mountain drains into Baker Mountain Brook, then into the West Branch of the Pleasant River, the Piscataquis River, the Penobscot River, and into Penobscot Bay. The southwest side of Baker Mountain drains into North Brook, then into Upper and Lower Wilson Ponds, Eagle Stream, Big Wilson Stream, Sebec Lake, and the Sebec River, another tributary of the Piscataquis River. The northwest side of Baker Mountain drains into South Brook, then into Moosehead Lake, the source of the Kennebec River, which drains into the Gulf of Maine. Baker Mountain sits on 4,300 acres (1,700 ha) of land purchased by the Appalachian Mountain Club in 2015. The southern slopes of the mountain are part of the Katahdin Iron Works conservation property.

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Wikidata Q4849184, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1063 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.57100, -69.39384
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 24
Waterfalls: 21
  • Stair Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Billings Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Hays Brook Falls: 8.3 mi
Parks: 8
  • Sebec Lake Boat Access: 18.6 mi
  • Little Claw Campsite: 20.3 mi
  • Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 21.7 mi
  • Doe Pond Access: 21.8 mi
  • Davis Field: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 4
Attractions: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Pebble Beach: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Baker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Cap MountainE 99°1,109 m7.2 mi
Little Spruce MountainESE 105°980 m8.9 mi
Big Spencer MountainN 351°980 m14.3 mi
Big Moose MountainWSW 249°967 m16.5 mi
West PeakESE 111°965 m5.1 mi
Lily Bay MountainNW 304°963 m2.5 mi
Big Shanty MountainE 99°948 m9.7 mi
Big Spruce MountainESE 110°944 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1118:50
June solstice04:4919:4520:31
September equinox06:2517:5818:37
December solstice07:1615:0715:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626385161666557453322
Precip in3.02.43.23.63.64.04.04.03.45.04.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561476 — Baker Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358211153

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