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Haystack Mountain

Haystack Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Haystack Mountain rises to 253 m in Maine. Ragged Mountain stands 390 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Vena M. Roberts Memorial Ball Field, a park 0.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33139395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
253 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.39757, -69.30838

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Vena M. Roberts Memorial Ball Field: 0.3 mi
  • Stevens Pond: 1.2 mi
  • Ruffingham Meadow State Game Management Area: 3.5 mi
  • Beech Pond Boat Access: 7.2 mi
  • Frye Mountain State Game Management Area: 7.5 mi
Peaks
Museums: 35
  • Thorndike Meeting Place: 12.6 mi
  • Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage: 12.6 mi
  • Union Historical Society: 13.0 mi
  • Belfast Historical Society: 14.9 mi
  • Windsor Fair Museum: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Central Maine Veterans Memorial: 18.7 mi
  • Rotary International Table: 19.2 mi
  • Waterville Fire/Rescue Memorial: 19.2 mi
  • Veterans’ Memorial Bandstand (Plaque): 19.5 mi
  • Veterans’ Memorial Plaque: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 16
Attractions: 13
  • Giant Pines: 8.1 mi
  • Thurston Cellar Hole: 8.2 mi
  • Three Town Monument Stone: 8.2 mi
  • Chamberlain Cellar Hole: 8.4 mi
  • Dome home: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Shirt Tail Point: 16.3 mi
  • Ducktrap Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Lincolnville Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Wales Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 17.9 mi
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 2
  • Monroe Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Bond Brook Falls: 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ragged MountainSSE 149°390 m15.0 mi
Bald MountainSE 144°384 m14.4 mi
Little Ragged Mountain SummitSSE 148°375 m14.3 mi
Frye MountainNE 40°342 m7.1 mi
Spears MountainNE 35°336 m7.2 mi
Hatchet MountainSE 145°330 m11.5 mi
Hogback MountainNNE 18°327 m4.5 mi
Levenseller MountainESE 118°317 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1118:50
June solstice04:5419:4120:26
September equinox06:2517:5818:37
December solstice07:1115:1316:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 567834 — Haystack Mountain, Waldo County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358220531

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