Lead Mountain
Lead Mountain rises to 439 m in Maine. Pleasant Mountain stands 414 m to the east-northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Lead Mountain Pond Access, a park 1.4 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
The story
Lead Mountain, at 1,479-foot (451 m) high is a peak in eastern Maine. Lead Mountain is located north of the town of Beddington on the border of Hancock and Washington counties in Downeast Maine. The isolation of Lead Mountain is 35.73 miles, and it is easily visible from miles away along Maine state routes 9 and 193 The southern slopes of Lead Mountain are the location of the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine, a long-term research site dedicated to studying the effects of acid deposition on a landscape. Likewise, the southeast slopes of the mountain are drained by Bear Brook. The bedrock of the area contains small blebs of pyrrhotite, which may be mistaken for lead. Lead Mountain is located on private land, but can be hiked by the public. The primary route to Lead Mountain begins just north of the gated end of a dirt road southeast of the peak. The route follows the dirt road beyond the gate before turning up a path that ascends southeast of the summit before continuing up the east side of the mountain to reach the summit. On a clear day views from the summit stretch to the south to Acadia National Park and the Gulf of Maine. There are two communication towers on the summit. South of the mountain is the small Bear Pond, while the much larger Upper Lead Mountain Pond is west of the mountain.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6508380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 439 m
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 20.5 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 23.8 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle: 3.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.4 mi
- Pleasant Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Blackcap Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Chalk Pond Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Pleasant River Lake: 6.9 mi
- Osborn South Public Reserved Land: 8.7 mi
- Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Spring River Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
- Upper Lead Mountain Pond Access: 1.4 mi
- Mopang Lake Boating Access: 5.6 mi
- Spectacle Pond Boating Access: 7.8 mi
- Middle Branch Union River Boat Launch: 9.2 mi
- Eastbrook Memorial Park: 15.0 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 8.1 mi
- Roberts Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Molasses Pond Beach: 13.5 mi
- Black Beach: 18.7 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 19.8 mi
- Dunn Beach: 20.3 mi
- Otis Beach: 20.8 mi
- Long Falls: 14.1 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 14.5 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 21.5 mi
- Grand Falls: 22.6 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 23.7 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 24.2 mi
- Riceville: 16.2 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 24.2 mi
- Long Cove: 24.4 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Lead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Mountain | ENE 69° | 414 m | 4.8 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | NNE 13° | 335 m | 12.8 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | NNW 330° | 326 m | 9.7 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | ESE 118° | 321 m | 4.2 mi |
| Springy Brook Mountain | WNW 284° | 315 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bald Bluff Mountain | W 278° | 305 m | 14.4 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NNW 327° | 284 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pinnacle | WNW 300° | 281 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:38 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:06 | 15:55 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wesley, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 569419 — Lead Mountain, Hancock County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221344
Day trips start here
- Ellsworth · 27 mi
Take the scenic way to Lead Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.