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Female Mountain

Female Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Female Mountain rises to 503 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33138654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
503 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.74270, -69.24268

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 22
  • Upper Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Tumbledown Dick Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cooper Brook Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Nesowadnehunk Falls: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Picnic sites: 8
  • Foster Field Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Abol Beach Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Slide Dam Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Ledge Falls Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Togue Pond Beach: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 4
  • Little Claw Campsite: 16.0 mi
  • Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 19.6 mi
  • Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 20.6 mi
  • Baxter Game Preserve: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Big Omaha Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 19.2 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 23.3 mi
Springs: 2
Museums: 1
  • Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 9.7 mi
Historic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Female Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baxter PeakNE 54°1,605 m19.1 mi
South PeakNE 55°1,603 m19.2 mi
North BrotherNE 40°1,235 m19.3 mi
South BrotherNE 40°1,208 m18.1 mi
Mount CoeNE 40°1,146 m17.3 mi
Barren MountainNE 46°1,116 m17.5 mi
White Cap MountainS 181°1,109 m13.0 mi
The OwlNE 50°1,104 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1018:49
June solstice04:4819:4520:31
September equinox06:2517:5718:37
December solstice07:1615:0615:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131424375160656356443221
Precip in2.72.32.83.33.44.44.03.93.44.53.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moosehead, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358219605

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