Blanchard Mountain
Blanchard Mountain rises to 682 m in Maine. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,319 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Maine, United States of America
Wikidata Q33137116, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 682 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 11.5 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 26.9 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 26.9 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Picked Chicken Hill: 2.0 mi
- Flagstaff Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Basin Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Limestone Hill: 4.7 mi
- Jim Eaton Hill: 5.0 mi
- Flagstaff J.P. Morgan Farm: 3.7 mi
- Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 3.8 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 4.0 mi
- Flagstaff Glen Viles Place: 4.3 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 4.7 mi
- Long Falls: 1.5 mi
- Grand Falls: 4.8 mi
- Shadagee Falls: 16.4 mi
- Moxie Falls: 17.1 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 18.0 mi
- Blanchard Park: 11.5 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 17.0 mi
- Kingfield Town Park: 19.2 mi
- Freeman Ridge Bike Park: 20.5 mi
- Quimby Field: 20.9 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Flagstaff: 4.6 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 7.2 mi
- Riverside Beach: 10.3 mi
- Spring water: 19.7 mi
- Parsons School: 23.5 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Blanchard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,319 m | 14.1 mi |
| Crocker Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,279 m | 14.5 mi |
| Avery Peak | SSW 200° | 1,234 m | 6.0 mi |
| South Crocker Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,228 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | SSW 205° | 1,227 m | 6.2 mi |
| West Peak | SSW 206° | 1,222 m | 6.2 mi |
| South Peak | SW 217° | 1,159 m | 7.2 mi |
| North Peak | SW 218° | 1,156 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:47 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:13 | 16:02 |
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 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562563 — Blanchard Mountain, Somerset County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212202
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