Hamlin Peak
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Hamlin Peak rises to 1,446 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the south-southeast, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Caribou Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
Hamlin Peak is a 4,756-foot (1,450 m) mountain located in Baxter State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine. Hamlin Peak is a northern spur of the greater Mount Katahdin massif and is flanked to the south by Baxter Peak, and to the north by the Howe Peaks. Since it rises nearly 500 feet (150 m) above the col joining it to the higher Baxter Peak, Hamlin Peak qualifies as a four-thousand footer based on the topographic prominence criterion used by the Appalachian Mountain Club, and is ranked as the second-highest peak in Maine. The southeast face of Hamlin Peak drains into the Great Basin, where water ultimately flows into the Penobscot River and eventually empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Penobscot Bay. There are several trails that lead to or near the summit of Hamlin Peak.
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Wikidata Q5645488, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1446 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Howe Peaks: 0.6 mi
- Baxter Peak: 1.4 mi
- South Peak: 1.6 mi
- Pamola: 1.6 mi
- Chimney Peak: 1.7 mi
- Katahdin Falls: 3.3 mi
- Ledge Falls: 5.1 mi
- Wassataquoik Grand Falls: 6.3 mi
- Green Falls: 6.3 mi
- Little Niagara Falls: 6.5 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Slide Dam Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 15.3 mi
- Swimmin' Hole: 20.6 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 20.8 mi
- Jerry Pond Recreation Area: 21.2 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 11.7 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 14.9 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land: 19.7 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 20.6 mi
- Baxter State Park: 3.4 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 21.5 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 21.8 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 21.9 mi
- Table Land: 1.2 mi
- The Gateway: 2.2 mi
- Windey Pitch: 4.9 mi
- Snub Pitch: 7.0 mi
- Owls Head: 23.5 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 15.0 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 19.7 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 21.3 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 23.4 mi
- Caribou Spring: 0.2 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 1.8 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 8.1 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 10.8 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 23.4 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 8.8 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Hamlin Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | SSE 168° | 1,605 m | 1.4 mi |
| South Peak | SSE 161° | 1,603 m | 1.6 mi |
| Pamola | SE 140° | 1,495 m | 1.6 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SE 142° | 1,491 m | 1.7 mi |
| Howe Peaks | N 11° | 1,416 m | 0.6 mi |
| North Brother | NW 309° | 1,235 m | 3.6 mi |
| South Brother | WNW 291° | 1,208 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fort Mountain | NW 319° | 1,171 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:44 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:04 | 15:54 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 567535 — Hamlin Peak, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358220400
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