Derby Mountain
Derby Mountain rises to 581 m in Maine. Mount Blue stands 973 m to the northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dean Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33138197, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 581 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.8 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 27 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walton's Mill Park: 5.4 mi
- Joe Toot Memorial Field: 5.6 mi
- Bishop Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
- Village Improvement Society Park: 5.9 mi
- Whistle Stop Rail Trail: 5.9 mi
- Dean Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Center Hill: 1.1 mi
- Caldin Hill: 1.3 mi
- Varnum Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Gleason Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 4.1 mi
- Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 4.5 mi
- Foothills Land Conservancy: 4.7 mi
- Village Woods: 5.9 mi
- Willow Springs: 6.0 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 5.9 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 6.0 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Parsons School: 18.4 mi
- war memorial: 18.5 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 6.0 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 6.6 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 10.7 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 11.3 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 16.0 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 6.3 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 16.4 mi
- Fisher Man: 18.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 24.2 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 16.3 mi
- Lebanon Masonic Lodge 116: 22.4 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 23.3 mi
- North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 23.7 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Shagg Crag: 20.9 mi
- Rumford Falls: 16.3 mi
- Smalls falls: 17.4 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.7 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 21.1 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 24.0 mi
- Smalls Falls: 17.3 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Derby Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blue | NW 317° | 973 m | 5.0 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NNW 335° | 784 m | 4.6 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SW 231° | 784 m | 5.3 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | NW 314° | 755 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 243° | 717 m | 4.3 mi |
| Pope Mountain | NW 317° | 642 m | 8.7 mi |
| Day Mountain | N 10° | 641 m | 6.0 mi |
| Kinneys Head | W 263° | 639 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:16 | 16:04 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 565060 — Derby Mountain, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358214269
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