Johnson Mountain
Johnson Mountain rises to 811 m in Maine. Tumbledown Mountain stands 1,091 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Enchanted Township Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States (geonames ID=4968444).
Wikidata Q33140170, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 811 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.5 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Coburn Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Cold Stream Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Granny Cap: 5.2 mi
- Shutdown Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Parlin Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Upper Enchanted Township Public Reserved Land: 2.3 mi
- West Forks NW Public Reserved Land: 2.9 mi
- West Forks Central Public Reserved Land: 4.2 mi
- Johnson Mountain Public Reserved Land: 4.3 mi
- West Forks SW Public Reserved Land: 5.2 mi
- Flagstaff J.P. Morgan Farm: 19.3 mi
- Flagstaff Glen Viles Place: 19.6 mi
- Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 19.9 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 20.0 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 20.0 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 3.4 mi
- Moxie Falls: 9.4 mi
- Grand Falls: 11.8 mi
- Holeb Falls: 14.1 mi
- Long Falls: 15.7 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 4.5 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 9.5 mi
- Little Big Wood Pond Access: 17.8 mi
- Crocker Pond Access: 20.3 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 24.2 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 24.3 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 20.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Johnson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumbledown Mountain | W 272° | 1,091 m | 18.3 mi |
| Coburn Mountain | NW 319° | 1,055 m | 2.4 mi |
| Number Six Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,007 m | 15.7 mi |
| Number Five Mountain | WNW 286° | 934 m | 14.8 mi |
| Three Slide Mountain | W 272° | 899 m | 15.8 mi |
| Greenlaw Mountain | W 279° | 888 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bean Brook Mountain | NNW 342° | 815 m | 6.7 mi |
| Granny Cap | SW 233° | 806 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:47 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:11 | 16:00 |
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 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackman, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 568933 — Johnson Mountain, Somerset County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221118
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