Browns Peak
Browns Peak rises to 454 m in Maine. Mount Blue stands 973 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Law Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137399, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 454 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Law Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Butterfield Hill: 1.1 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Gould Hill: 2.3 mi
- Grays Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Kineowatha Park: 4.6 mi
- Bass Park: 4.8 mi
- Village View Park: 5.7 mi
- Bishop Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- North Jay White Granite Park: 7.0 mi
- Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 3.1 mi
- Foothills Land Conservancy: 3.4 mi
- Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 6.4 mi
- Seven Mile Stream Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 7.4 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 9.8 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 9.9 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- war memorial: 18.3 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 20.8 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 8.8 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 9.9 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 14.8 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 15.1 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 15.7 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Shagg Crag: 15.3 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 21.4 mi
- Berry Ledge: 22.0 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 21.4 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 21.8 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 22.9 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 23.6 mi
- Town Beach: 23.7 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 10.0 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 11.6 mi
- Fisher Man: 18.3 mi
- Rumford Falls: 11.5 mi
- Smalls falls: 19.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.4 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 14.2 mi
- Cooper Spring: 24.1 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 19.2 mi
- Smalls Falls: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Browns Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blue | N 356° | 973 m | 8.6 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | NW 319° | 784 m | 2.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 341° | 717 m | 3.1 mi |
| Kinneys Head | N 360° | 639 m | 4.6 mi |
| Gleason Mountain | N 3° | 633 m | 5.4 mi |
| Wilder Hill | N 7° | 616 m | 6.8 mi |
| Derby Mountain | NNE 29° | 581 m | 5.6 mi |
| Colonel Holman Mountain | SSW 198° | 561 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:16 | 16:05 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 563080 — Browns Peak, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212555
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