Bauneg Beg Mountain
Bauneg Beg Mountain rises to 262 m in Maine. Hussey Hill stands 315 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area - South, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 10 miles off.
The story
Bauneg Beg Mountain is a mountain summit located in the town of North Berwick, in York County in the state of Maine. Bauneg Beg Mountain climbs to 860 ft (260 m) above sea level. Bauneg Beg Mountain is taller than Mount Agamenticus, and has been used by mariners to navigate the Maine Coast. This area is characterized by rolling forested hills, broad stream valleys, and numerous swamps. Bauneg Beg Mountain is the only mountain in southern Maine that does not have a radio tower on it. It is home to the small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides), one of the rarest orchids in the Eastern United States as well as the rare swamp saxifrage (Saxifraga pensylvanica) and Blanding's turtle (Emys blandingii).
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Wikidata Q4873563, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 262 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 21.2 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 25.9 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area - South: 0.2 mi
- Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area - North: 0.4 mi
- Great Works Reserve: 1.7 mi
- Picture Pond Reserve: 2.0 mi
- Grover-Herrick Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Middle Peak: 0.4 mi
- North Peak: 0.6 mi
- Windy Hill: 1.8 mi
- Abbott Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mount Hope: 2.5 mi
- Airport Fields: 3.3 mi
- Benton Park: 3.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Park: 3.8 mi
- Central Park: 3.8 mi
- Gateway Park: 3.9 mi
- Roundhouse: 12.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 12.3 mi
- Mariner's Circle: 15.0 mi
- Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 15.5 mi
- Governor's Road: 15.6 mi
- Town Beach: 11.0 mi
- Wells Beach: 12.3 mi
- Drakes Island Beach: 12.4 mi
- Crescent Beach: 12.5 mi
- Laudholm Beach: 12.6 mi
- Sanford-Springvale Historical Society: 5.5 mi
- Alfred Village Museum: 7.2 mi
- Alfred Shaker Museum: 8.7 mi
- Somersworth Historical Museum: 9.5 mi
- Rochester Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Fairy Village: 4.5 mi
- Sherwood Cairn Garden: 14.1 mi
- Snake Eyes: 14.4 mi
- Our Forebearers of the Coast: 15.7 mi
- A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 18.3 mi
- Sanford Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Somersworth Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- South Berwick Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 18.2 mi
- UNH Butterfly Garden: 18.7 mi
- Spring Hill: 9.0 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 12.2 mi
- Take Flight: 18.1 mi
- Wagon: 18.1 mi
- Willowbrook Museum Village: 19.0 mi
- Orris Falls: 8.4 mi
- Hayes Falls: 13.7 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 13.7 mi
- Gonic Trails Falls: 13.9 mi
- Second Falls: 20.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 14.0 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 14.0 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 14.1 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 14.1 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 15.4 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 18.9 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Birthday Bay: 24.1 mi
- Front Pavilion: 24.3 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 24.4 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 18.0 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 22.0 mi
- Oil House: 22.0 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 22.0 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 17.8 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Bauneg Beg Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hussey Hill | NW 320° | 315 m | 11.8 mi |
| Teneriffe Mountain | WNW 288° | 300 m | 12.2 mi |
| Gerrish Mountain | NW 325° | 280 m | 12.3 mi |
| Middle Peak | NNW 347° | 263 m | 0.4 mi |
| North Peak | N 356° | 250 m | 0.6 mi |
| Hurd Hill | NW 321° | 250 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Hope | NNW 341° | 211 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Agamenticus | SSE 157° | 210 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:44 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:24 | 16:11 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sanford 2 NNW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561733 — Bauneg Beg Mountain, York County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211470
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