Burnt Mountain
Burnt Mountain rises to 541 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Mountain Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.1 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 541 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- McCarty Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Howe Peak: 1.3 mi
- Squirt Dam Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Morse Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Black Brook Mountains: 2.8 mi
- South Branch Falls: 5.6 mi
- Green Falls: 5.7 mi
- Ledge Falls: 8.7 mi
- Wassataquoik Grand Falls: 8.8 mi
- Grand Pitch: 9.5 mi
- Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- SFMA Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Ledge Falls Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land: 15.0 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Gero Island Public Reserved Land: 17.3 mi
- Big Reed Forest Reserve: 19.0 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 19.0 mi
- Snub Pitch: 5.7 mi
- Table Land: 12.8 mi
- The Gateway: 13.2 mi
- Windey Pitch: 16.3 mi
- Owls Head: 17.1 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 24.4 mi
- Caribou Spring: 11.7 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 13.4 mi
- Baxter State Park: 13.7 mi
- Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station: 23.5 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 20.0 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 22.1 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 17.3 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Burnt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | SSE 159° | 1,605 m | 13.2 mi |
| South Peak | SSE 159° | 1,603 m | 13.5 mi |
| Pamola | SSE 156° | 1,495 m | 13.4 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SSE 156° | 1,491 m | 13.4 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | SSE 158° | 1,446 m | 11.8 mi |
| Howe Peaks | SSE 157° | 1,416 m | 11.3 mi |
| North Brother | S 170° | 1,235 m | 8.9 mi |
| South Brother | S 175° | 1,208 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:45 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:56 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:03 | 15:54 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212776
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