Baldpate Mountain
Baldpate Mountain rises to 1,090 m in Maine. Old Speck Mountain stands 1,263 m to the southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is East Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away. Grafton Notch Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Baldpate Mountain is a mountain located in Oxford County, Maine. Baldpate has two prominent peaks: East Peak has 3,815 feet (1,163 m) of elevation; and West Peak has 3,662 feet (1,116 m) of elevation and stands 267 feet (81 m) above the col between them. Baldpate is flanked to the north by Surplus Mountain, to the northeast by Black Mountain, and to the southeast by Mount Hittie. To the southwest, Baldpate Mountain faces Old Speck Mountain across Grafton Notch, which by convention marks the northeast end of the Mahoosuc Range. Baldpate Mountain is within the watershed of the Androscoggin River, which drains into Merrymeeting Bay, the estuary of the Kennebec River, and then into the Gulf of Maine. The northwest side of Baldpate Mountain drains into the Swift Cambridge River, then into the Dead Cambridge River and Umbagog Lake, the source of the Androscoggin River. The southeast and southwest sides of Baldpate drain into the Bear River, then into the Androscoggin. The northeast side of Baldpate Mtn. drains into the West Branch of the Ellis River, then into the Androscoggin. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170 mi (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs from Grafton Notch to Surplus Mountain across both peaks of Baldpate.
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Wikidata Q4850466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1090 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 14.3 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 14.3 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 2 mi
- Alpine Cascade · 18 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 18 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Peak: 0.1 mi
- Little Baldpate Mountain: 0.5 mi
- West Peak: 0.6 mi
- Mount Hittie: 1.3 mi
- Surplus Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land: 0.8 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 1.3 mi
- Step Falls Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (North Tract): 3.7 mi
- Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (South Tract): 3.9 mi
- Andover Common: 7.3 mi
- Moran's Landing: 10.0 mi
- Angevine Park: 13.0 mi
- Nansen Wayside Park: 14.3 mi
- Davis Park: 14.4 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 1.7 mi
- C Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Goss Ledge: 15.9 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 18.1 mi
- Browns Ledge: 19.2 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 15.3 mi
- P10: 21.7 mi
- P9: 21.7 mi
- P6: 21.7 mi
- P8: 21.7 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 2.6 mi
- Angel Falls: 15.1 mi
- Rumford Falls: 17.9 mi
- Kees Falls: 18.5 mi
- The Falls: 20.7 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 14.8 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 15.0 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 15.0 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 16.9 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 14.8 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 17.6 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 21.1 mi
- Mountain fountain: 5.0 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 18.2 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 17.2 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Moose Cave: 2.6 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 8.4 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Baldpate Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Speck Mountain | SW 228° | 1,263 m | 3.9 mi |
| East Peak | ENE 72° | 1,141 m | 0.1 mi |
| Goose Eye Mountain | SW 215° | 1,132 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mahoosuc Arm | SW 231° | 1,128 m | 5.3 mi |
| North Peak | SW 216° | 1,111 m | 7.9 mi |
| West Peak | SW 218° | 1,092 m | 0.6 mi |
| Little Baldpate Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,086 m | 0.5 mi |
| Mount Carlo | SW 214° | 1,086 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:48 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:18 | 16:07 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andover 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561542 — Baldpate Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211247
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