Hedgehog Mountain
Hedgehog Mountain rises to 589 m in Maine. Avery Peak stands 1,234 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierce Pond Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q33139497, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 589 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 12.1 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 24.6 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pierce Pond Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Piper Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Dixon Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Basin Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Hurricane Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Black Brook Flowage Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Pierce Pond Watershed: 3.0 mi
- The Forks Plantation S Public Reserved Land: 7.6 mi
- Carratunk N Public Reserved Land: 8.0 mi
- West Forks SW Public Reserved Land: 10.1 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 7.2 mi
- Flagstaff Ledge House: 7.5 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 7.7 mi
- Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 8.0 mi
- Flagstaff J.P. Morgan Farm: 9.0 mi
- Long Falls: 4.0 mi
- Grand Falls: 5.6 mi
- Moxie Falls: 12.0 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 15.5 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 15.5 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 11.8 mi
- Blanchard Park: 16.8 mi
- Quimby Field: 18.1 mi
- Kingfield Town Park: 20.5 mi
- Freeman Ridge Bike Park: 21.8 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 9.8 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 7.2 mi
- Flagstaff: 7.7 mi
- Riverside Beach: 12.6 mi
- Spring water: 17.0 mi
- Parsons School: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Hedgehog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avery Peak | SW 225° | 1,234 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | SW 227° | 1,227 m | 10.6 mi |
| West Peak | SW 227° | 1,222 m | 10.7 mi |
| South Peak | SW 232° | 1,159 m | 12.0 mi |
| North Peak | SW 233° | 1,156 m | 11.9 mi |
| Coburn Mountain | N 0° | 1,055 m | 15.0 mi |
| Little Bigelow Mountain | SSW 212° | 912 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cranberry Peak | WSW 239° | 909 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:47 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:12 | 16:01 |
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 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358220581
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