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Gerrish Mountain

Gerrish Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Gerrish Mountain rises to 280 m in Maine. Copple Crown Mountain stands 534 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Grant Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 2.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33138913, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
280 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.53011, -70.92574

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Mary Grant Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Goat Hill Trail: 2.5 mi
  • Hobbs Farm: 2.9 mi
  • Shapleigh Town Forest: 3.5 mi
  • Goose Pond Overlook: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Square Pond Water Access: 2.2 mi
  • Acton Fair: 2.8 mi
  • Mousam Lake Access: 4.4 mi
  • Shapleigh Fields: 4.6 mi
  • Wakefield Ballfields: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 36
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 20
Waterfalls: 13
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Orris Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Steep Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Willowbrook Museum Village: 9.3 mi
  • Rock Tripe Boulder: 13.2 mi
  • Mount Washington Boat Terminal: 14.9 mi
  • Spring Hill: 20.6 mi
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Carbonneau Cave: 19.5 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 23.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 23.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 23.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 23.4 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Fairy Village: 8.5 mi
  • Sherwood Cairn Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Snake Eyes: 23.8 mi
  • Frog Rock: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 3
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 19.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Gerrish Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copple Crown MountainW 272°534 m9.5 mi
Moose MountainsW 266°527 m7.9 mi
Birch RidgeWSW 251°415 m11.0 mi
Caverly MountainW 264°410 m11.2 mi
Rand MountainW 264°397 m9.8 mi
Wiggin MountainN 355°394 m11.3 mi
Cotton MountainNW 307°384 m10.4 mi
Cotton MountainNW 312°378 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0319:4520:29
September equinox06:3218:0518:43
December solstice07:1415:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445463696760483827
Precip in3.73.64.74.63.84.64.03.93.85.34.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sanford 2 NNW, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358219971

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