Doubletop Mountain
Doubletop Mountain rises to 1,059 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the east-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Slide Dam Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.
The story
Doubletop Mountain is a mountain located in Piscataquis County, Maine, in Baxter State Park. According to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, the mountain's Indigenous name was Psinskihegan-I-Outop. Psinskihegan means notch and I-Outop means head. in 1828 in the Survey of Maine, Moses Greenleaf called the mountain a variation Chinskihegan or Outop. It eventually became Doubletop, named for its two peaks. The mountain's two peaks are a north peak (3,489 ft or 1,063 m) and a south peak (3,455 ft or 1,053 m). From the north a trail from the Nesowednehunk Campground to the north peak is 3.1 miles (5.0 km) long and another 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the south peak. From Foster Field, to the south, a 4-mile (6.4 km) trail leads to the summit. The last third of mile (0.53 km) is steep and climbs about 900 feet (270 m). The north peak is wooded while the south peak is more open. Beneath north peak, set in the rock, is a south facing bronze memorial tablet which reads:
Keppele Hall's wife, Fanny Hall, was the first American woman to serve as foreman of a grand jury.
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Wikidata Q5300163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1059 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 25.7 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Moose Bosom: 1.2 mi
- West Peak: 1.6 mi
- Mount Veto: 1.6 mi
- Mount O-J-I: 2.3 mi
- Mount Coe: 2.5 mi
- Ledge Falls: 1.7 mi
- Little Niagara Falls: 4.5 mi
- Katahdin Falls: 4.7 mi
- Big Niagara Falls: 4.7 mi
- Nesowadnehunk Falls: 6.3 mi
- Slide Dam Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Ledge Falls Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 8.6 mi
- Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land: 15.9 mi
- Gero Island Public Reserved Land: 17.9 mi
- Big Spencer Ecological Reserve: 20.5 mi
- Shawtown Public Reserved Land: 21.0 mi
- The Gateway: 5.8 mi
- Table Land: 6.4 mi
- Snub Pitch: 8.7 mi
- Windey Pitch: 10.9 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 23.7 mi
- Caribou Spring: 6.3 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 6.5 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 9.1 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 24.1 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 12.7 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 13.0 mi
- Baxter State Park: 9.9 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Doubletop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | ESE 108° | 1,605 m | 7.1 mi |
| South Peak | ESE 109° | 1,603 m | 7.3 mi |
| Pamola | ESE 105° | 1,495 m | 7.7 mi |
| Chimney Peak | ESE 106° | 1,491 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | E 97° | 1,446 m | 6.5 mi |
| Howe Peaks | E 92° | 1,416 m | 6.5 mi |
| North Brother | ENE 68° | 1,235 m | 3.9 mi |
| South Brother | ENE 79° | 1,208 m | 2.9 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 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:04 | 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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358214430
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