Houghton Ledges
Houghton Ledges rises to 514 m in Maine. Jackson Mountain stands 1,088 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Holt Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33139788, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 514 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 21.9 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 24.3 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
- Table Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Holt Hill: 0.8 mi
- York Hill: 1.2 mi
- Chandler Hill: 1.4 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lakin Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 1.0 mi
- Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 1.6 mi
- Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 3.5 mi
- Flagg Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 7.3 mi
- Park by the Bridge: 9.4 mi
- Phillips Town Park: 10.0 mi
- Kineowatha Park: 10.0 mi
- Bass Park: 10.4 mi
- Bishop Memorial Park: 10.7 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 11.4 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 11.5 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 11.5 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 9.3 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 9.9 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 11.5 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 12.0 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 12.5 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Shagg Crag: 19.3 mi
- C Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 24.1 mi
- The Falls: 8.1 mi
- Rumford Falls: 13.2 mi
- Smalls falls: 13.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.2 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 11.8 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 13.1 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 20.4 mi
- Fisher Man: 23.5 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 12.5 mi
- Smalls Falls: 13.1 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 16.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Houghton Ledges. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Mountain | NW 306° | 1,088 m | 8.3 mi |
| Little Jackson Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,055 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Blue | NE 40° | 973 m | 3.2 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | WNW 296° | 939 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tumbledown Southwest Peak | WNW 295° | 935 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tumbledown East Peak | WNW 295° | 921 m | 9.0 mi |
| Blueberry Mountain | NW 318° | 881 m | 7.0 mi |
| West Mountain | WNW 282° | 832 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:16 | 16:04 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358220830
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