Elephants Head
Elephants Head rises to 906 m in Maine. Crocker Mountain stands 1,279 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33138502, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 906 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Route des Sommets, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 20 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Maple Hill: 2.5 mi
- Tim Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Barnard Mountains: 4.5 mi
- Lookout Hills: 4.7 mi
- Kennebago Headwaters: 6.9 mi
- Davistown Public Reserved Land: 8.0 mi
- Coplin Plantation West Public Reserved Land: 8.1 mi
- Johns Pond Conservation Easement: 9.8 mi
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land: 11.3 mi
- Flagstaff Cox Farm: 9.6 mi
- Flagstaff Wing Community: 9.6 mi
- Flagstaff Ellsworth Farm: 9.8 mi
- Flagstaff Albert White Farm: 10.3 mi
- Flagstaff Pat Taylor Farm: 10.3 mi
- Blanchard Park: 11.0 mi
- Rangeley Town Park: 15.5 mi
- Haley Pond Park: 15.5 mi
- Hunter Cove Water Access: 16.0 mi
- Birch Island Wilderness Camping: 16.3 mi
- Shadagee Falls: 6.7 mi
- Sarampus Falls: 8.2 mi
- Long Falls: 22.0 mi
- Grand Falls: 22.2 mi
- Smalls falls: 23.7 mi
- Wilhelm Reich Museum: 14.6 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 24.2 mi
- King Spring: 15.1 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 16.5 mi
- Flagstaff: 21.0 mi
- Riverside Beach: 22.6 mi
- Smalls Falls: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Elephants Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crocker Mountain | SE 127° | 1,279 m | 16.3 mi |
| Snow Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,198 m | 7.7 mi |
| White Cap Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,166 m | 8.8 mi |
| South Peak | E 101° | 1,159 m | 16.2 mi |
| North Peak | E 100° | 1,156 m | 16.2 mi |
| East Kennebago Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,153 m | 5.3 mi |
| Kennebago Divide | WNW 286° | 1,151 m | 8.3 mi |
| West Kennebago Mountain | SW 235° | 1,130 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:49 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:15 | 16:04 |
Local time (America/Toronto).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 43 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eustis, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 565833 — Elephants Head, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358219438
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