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Kidder Mountain

Kidder Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Kidder Mountain rises to 270 m in Maine. Saddleback Mountain stands 784 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovejoy Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33140283, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
270 m
Getting there

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Coordinates44.53590, -70.48090

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Mexico Veterans Park: 2.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • Morency Park: 3.3 mi
  • Chisholm Park: 3.4 mi
  • Memorial Green: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Water Supply Lands: 4.3 mi
  • Water Supply Land: 4.5 mi
  • Water Supply Lands: 4.6 mi
  • Pennacook Area Community Trails: 4.7 mi
  • Water Supply Land: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 12
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 5
  • Rumford Falls: 3.1 mi
  • The Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Angel Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Smalls falls: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Rumford Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Middle School Community Garden: 17.4 mi
  • UMF Community Garden: 18.8 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Stinchfield Beach: 23.3 mi
  • Richardson's Beach: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Light of the World Cross: 22.4 mi
  • Moose Cave: 22.6 mi
  • Oxford County Fairground: 23.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Cooper Spring: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 16.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Smalls Falls: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Kidder Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddleback MountainNE 44°784 m8.8 mi
Black MountainWNW 293°715 m8.4 mi
Mount ZirconSW 222°677 m5.7 mi
South Twin MountainNW 306°655 m8.0 mi
North Twin MountainNW 309°654 m8.7 mi
Black MountainS 173°649 m6.7 mi
Speckled MountainSSW 192°645 m6.8 mi
Roxbury MountainNNW 342°596 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice04:5819:4620:31
September equinox06:3018:0318:41
December solstice07:1615:1716:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929425564696760473524
Precip in3.32.43.24.13.76.14.54.73.75.04.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 569152 — Kidder Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358221188

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