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Browns Mountain

Browns Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Browns Mountain rises to 416 m in Maine. Black Mountain stands 649 m to the west, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33137396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
416 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.44257, -70.38923

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donald E. Hutchins Memorial Ballfield: 3.8 mi
  • Hartford Town Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Dixfield Carry-In Boat Access: 4.2 mi
  • Concord Pond State Water Access: 8.2 mi
  • Concord Pond State Water Access: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 12
Cliffs: 9
Gardens: 6
  • Middle School Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Rumford Community Garden: 11.1 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 16.9 mi
  • UMF Community Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Whitney Street Community Garden: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Stinchfield Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Richardson's Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Town Beach: 21.8 mi
  • Gage Rice Beach: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 4
Springs: 2
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Cooper Spring: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 12.1 mi
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Attractions: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Browns Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainW 268°649 m3.7 mi
Speckled MountainW 268°645 m6.0 mi
Colonel Holman MountainNNE 13°561 m7.1 mi
Brown MountainNNE 17°555 m6.9 mi
Trask MountainNE 54°527 m1.4 mi
The PinnacleNW 311°521 m3.0 mi
Bald MountainW 266°512 m6.8 mi
The SaddlebackSSW 202°503 m0.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice04:5819:4620:30
September equinox06:2918:0318:41
December solstice07:1515:1716:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172028415362676658463525
Precip in3.73.44.14.63.95.04.24.03.85.64.54.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 563079 — Browns Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358212554

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