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Bean Mountain

Bean Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bean Mountain rises to 495 m in Maine. Sunday River Whitecap stands 1,008 m to the west-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Moran's Landing, a park 1.5 miles away. Grafton Notch Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 561789)

Wikidata Q33136631, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
495 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.50284, -70.76201

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Moran's Landing: 1.5 mi
  • Davis Park: 6.3 mi
  • Angevine Park: 6.6 mi
  • Veteran’s Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
  • Bethel Common: 7.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 14
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 11
  • Screw Auger Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Rumford Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Kees Falls: 14.3 mi
  • The Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Mad River Falls: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 12.8 mi
  • P10: 24.0 mi
  • P6: 24.0 mi
  • P9: 24.0 mi
  • P5: 24.0 mi
Museums: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Gage Rice Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Keoka Lake Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 13.6 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Cooper Spring: 22.3 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Rumford Community Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 20.8 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 23.2 mi
  • Middle School Community Garden: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Moose Cave: 10.2 mi
  • Oxford County Fairground: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Bean Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunday River WhitecapWNW 296°1,008 m7.4 mi
Slide MountainWNW 293°972 m8.6 mi
Wheeler MountainWSW 243°969 m8.2 mi
Black MountainWSW 246°964 m7.9 mi
OzWSW 248°958 m7.7 mi
Puzzle MountainNNW 337°953 m3.3 mi
Jordan BowlWSW 249°939 m7.7 mi
Long MountainNNW 336°918 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1718:55
June solstice04:5919:4720:32
September equinox06:3118:0418:42
December solstice07:1715:1816:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171827415363676658463524
Precip in3.22.83.34.23.74.74.14.23.65.43.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 6SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561789 — Bean Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358211550

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