Howe Peaks
Howe Peaks rises to 1,416 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the south, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamlin Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33139853, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1416 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hamlin Peak: 0.6 mi
- Baxter Peak: 2.0 mi
- Pamola: 2.1 mi
- Chimney Peak: 2.1 mi
- South Peak: 2.2 mi
- Katahdin Falls: 3.8 mi
- Ledge Falls: 4.5 mi
- Wassataquoik Grand Falls: 5.7 mi
- Green Falls: 5.7 mi
- Norway Falls: 6.3 mi
- Slide Dam Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 15.3 mi
- Swimmin' Hole: 21.1 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 21.3 mi
- Jerry Pond Recreation Area: 21.7 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 12.2 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 14.9 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 20.1 mi
- Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land: 20.2 mi
- Baxter State Park: 3.4 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 22.0 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 22.2 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 22.3 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 22.3 mi
- Table Land: 1.8 mi
- The Gateway: 2.8 mi
- Windey Pitch: 5.2 mi
- Snub Pitch: 6.4 mi
- Owls Head: 22.9 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 15.2 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 20.2 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 21.8 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 23.2 mi
- Caribou Spring: 0.6 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 2.5 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 8.7 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 11.4 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 23.8 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 9.4 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Howe Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | S 175° | 1,605 m | 2.0 mi |
| South Peak | S 169° | 1,603 m | 2.2 mi |
| Pamola | SSE 154° | 1,495 m | 2.1 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SSE 155° | 1,491 m | 2.1 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | S 191° | 1,446 m | 0.6 mi |
| North Brother | WNW 300° | 1,235 m | 3.3 mi |
| South Brother | WNW 282° | 1,208 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fort Mountain | NW 310° | 1,171 m | 3.1 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 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 568403 — Howe Peaks, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358220857
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