Houston Mountain
Houston Mountain rises to 423 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the north, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Ore Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33139800, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 423 m
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 27.3 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ore Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Roundtop Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Roaring Brook Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Chairback Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Columbus Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 5.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.7 mi
- Billings Falls: 7.3 mi
- Stair Falls: 7.4 mi
- Barnard Forest: 2.1 mi
- Silver Lake: 2.8 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 4.0 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 6.0 mi
- Williamsburg Forest: 7.6 mi
- Davis Field: 9.9 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 10.6 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 12.3 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 12.3 mi
- Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 15.9 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 16.1 mi
- dih cheese fort: 16.9 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 18.2 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 18.3 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 18.3 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 15.6 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 16.9 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 18.6 mi
- The Jaws: 6.4 mi
- Barren Slide: 8.8 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Monument Square: 16.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Houston Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | N 352° | 1,109 m | 8.8 mi |
| Baker Mountain | NW 320° | 1,063 m | 13.0 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | N 1° | 980 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Peak | NNW 335° | 965 m | 8.9 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | N 8° | 948 m | 8.4 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | N 350° | 944 m | 7.3 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | NE 36° | 905 m | 6.9 mi |
| Gulf Hagas Mountain | NNW 328° | 814 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:08 | 15:57 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnard, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358220835
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