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Bunker Mountain

Bunker Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bunker Mountain rises to 491 m in Maine. Jackson Mountain stands 1,088 m to the north-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Roxbury Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.2 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Maine, United States of America.

Wikidata Q33137509, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
491 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.64839, -70.56396

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mexico Rec Park: 4.9 mi
  • Stephens High School Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
  • Strathglass Park: 6.8 mi
  • Mexico Veterans Park: 7.0 mi
  • Memorial Green: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Flagg Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
  • Water Supply Lands: 5.3 mi
  • Pennacook Area Community Trails: 5.5 mi
  • Irl Osborne Brown and Julia Gertrude Brown Memorial Forest: 6.5 mi
  • Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 8.2 mi
Museums: 11
Cliffs: 10
Artworks: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Rumford Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Angel Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Smalls falls: 14.7 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Springs: 2
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 21.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Light of the World Cross: 15.2 mi
  • Moose Cave: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Smalls Falls: 14.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 19.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Bunker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson MountainNNE1,088 m8.2 mi
Little Jackson MountainN1,055 m7.5 mi
Tumbledown MountainN939 m7.1 mi
Tumbledown Southwest PeakN935 m6.9 mi
Tumbledown East PeakN921 m6.9 mi
Blueberry MountainNNE881 m9.2 mi
West MountainN832 m5.0 mi
Walker MountainN809 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:55
June solstice04:5819:4720:32
September equinox06:3018:0318:42
December solstice07:1715:1716:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929425564696760473524
Precip in3.32.43.24.13.76.14.54.73.75.04.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358212689

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