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Dow Mountain

Dow Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Dow Mountain rises to 299 m in Maine. Passadumkeag Mountain stands 442 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rollins Mountain, a peak 2.8 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33138320, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
299 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.34756, -68.37585
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 18
  • Cole’s Landing: 2.9 mi
  • Prince Thomas Park: 6.1 mi
  • Robert A. MacEachern Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
  • Marguerite Flanders Playground: 6.3 mi
  • Albert Thomas Park: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Historic sites: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
  • Dolby Flowage: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Dow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Passadumkeag MountainS 177°442 m15.1 mi
Mattamiscontis MountainWNW 294°380 m18.2 mi
Duck MountainSE 135°362 m17.3 mi
Brown HillENE 78°338 m16.5 mi
Little Mattamiscontis MountainWNW 292°333 m17.6 mi
Stetson MountainENE 57°326 m22.9 mi
Bowers MountainE 82°317 m16.8 mi
Gates HillENE 75°309 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0718:46
June solstice04:4619:4020:26
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:1115:0515:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151728415463696759473523
Precip in3.52.43.53.63.74.13.43.63.44.74.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358219198

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