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Elephant Mountain

Elephant Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Elephant Mountain rises to 791 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the east-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.8 miles off.

About

The story

Elephant Mountain is a mountain located in Bowdoin College Grant West (Maine Township 8, Range 10, NWP) Piscataquis County, Maine. It is about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Moosehead Lake, 2 miles southwest of Baker Mountain, and 5 miles west of White Cap Mountain. Elephant Mountain stands within the watershed of the Piscataquis River, which drains into the Penobscot River, and into Penobscot Bay. The west side of Elephant Mtn. drains into North Brook, thence into Upper Wilson Pond, Lower Wilson Pond, Big Wilson Stream, Sebec Lake, the Sebec River, and the Piscataquis River. The south and southeast faces of Elephant Mtn. drain into South Brook, thence into Upper Wilson Pond. The northeast faces of Elephant Mtn. drains into Baker Brook, thence into Mountain Pond, Mountain Pond Brook, the West Branch of the Pleasant River, and into the Piscataquis River. On January 24, 1963, a United States Air Force B-52 plane crashed on the mountain. There are pieces of the wreckage still on the mountain. A hiking trail leads visitors to the area of the crash, where a memorial is located.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5359343, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
791 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.51588, -69.42616
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 26
Waterfalls: 21
  • Stair Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Billings Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Slugundy Lower Falls: 6.5 mi
Parks: 11
  • Sebec Lake Boat Access: 15.2 mi
  • Doe Pond Access: 17.7 mi
  • Greeley's Landing: 20.4 mi
  • Sebec Lake Public Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Davis Field: 21.6 mi
Museums: 6
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • Monument Square: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Pebble Beach: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Elephant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Cap MountainENE 73°1,109 m9.1 mi
Baker MountainNNE 22°1,063 m4.1 mi
Little Spruce MountainE 82°980 m10.2 mi
Big Moose MountainW 261°967 m14.0 mi
West PeakENE 72°965 m6.6 mi
Lily Bay MountainN 354°963 m5.2 mi
Big Shanty MountainENE 79°948 m11.4 mi
Big Spruce MountainE 82°944 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1118:50
June solstice04:5019:4520:31
September equinox06:2517:5818:37
December solstice07:1615:0815:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626385161666557453322
Precip in3.02.43.23.63.64.04.04.03.45.04.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358219437

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