Griffin Mountain
Griffin Mountain rises to 639 m in Maine. Spruce Mountain stands 784 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Caswell Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33139137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 639 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 15.6 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 18.0 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Caswell Mountain: 0.7 mi
- New Vineyard Mountains: 0.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Ick Norton Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Norton Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Stump Pond Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Strong Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Willow Springs: 8.1 mi
- Horn Woods: 8.2 mi
- Flint Woods: 8.4 mi
- Strong Public Beach: 3.1 mi
- Strong Baseball Fields: 6.0 mi
- White Elephant Greens: 6.0 mi
- United Methodist Church Flower Garden: 6.0 mi
- Historical Society Benches: 6.0 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Parsons School: 7.6 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 9.0 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 9.0 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 9.0 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 9.0 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 11.7 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 12.0 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 12.1 mi
- Norridgewock Historical Society: 15.8 mi
- North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 12.3 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 12.4 mi
- clay slides: 14.9 mi
- Embden Petroglyphs (Indian Rock): 15.0 mi
- Lebanon Masonic Lodge 116: 15.1 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 9.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Girl with Tail: 18.8 mi
- Stumphenge: 20.6 mi
- Fisher Man: 21.1 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 20.6 mi
- Smalls falls: 20.9 mi
- The Falls: 23.0 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 18.7 mi
- Riverside Beach: 20.4 mi
- Smalls Falls: 20.8 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 24.5 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 24.7 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Spring water: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Griffin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Mountain | WSW 249° | 784 m | 11.3 mi |
| Day Mountain | WSW 252° | 641 m | 7.9 mi |
| Wilder Hill | WSW 239° | 616 m | 12.3 mi |
| Caswell Mountain | NE 44° | 611 m | 0.7 mi |
| Derby Mountain | SW 226° | 581 m | 11.9 mi |
| Norton Mountain | S 170° | 558 m | 2.1 mi |
| Dean Mountain | SW 225° | 551 m | 12.6 mi |
| Center Hill | SW 232° | 525 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:55 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:14 | 16:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 567333 — Griffin Mountain, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358220323
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