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Little Poplar Mountain

Little Poplar Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Poplar Mountain rises to 602 m in Maine. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,319 m to the west-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Beach, a beach 1.3 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33140631, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
602 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.07644, -70.18673

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 55
  • Highland Plantation West Public Reserved Land: 2.5 mi
  • Highland Plantation Double Public Reserved Land: 4.4 mi
  • Shiloh Pond Community Forest: 4.6 mi
  • Highland Plantation Double Public Reserved Land: 5.0 mi
  • Carrabassett Valley Public Lot: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Flagstaff Ledge House: 5.1 mi
  • Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 6.0 mi
  • Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 6.9 mi
  • Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 7.5 mi
  • Lexington Historical Society: 10.2 mi
Parks: 28
  • Kingfield Town Park: 8.5 mi
  • Freeman Ridge Bike Park: 9.8 mi
  • Blanchard Park: 12.9 mi
  • Carrabassett River Access: 12.9 mi
  • New Portland Lions Fair: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Long Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Houston Brook Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Grand Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Austinm Stream Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Smalls falls: 22.1 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Historic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Beach: 1.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Spring water: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Little Poplar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 243°1,319 m6.9 mi
Crocker MountainWSW 258°1,279 m9.8 mi
Avery PeakNW 318°1,234 m6.5 mi
Mount AbrahamSW 224°1,230 m9.9 mi
South Crocker MountainWSW 253°1,228 m9.7 mi
Mount BigelowNW 315°1,227 m6.9 mi
West PeakNW 315°1,222 m6.9 mi
Spaulding MountainSW 235°1,219 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1418:53
June solstice04:5419:4720:32
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1715:1316:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141624385161666457453321
Precip in2.82.43.03.83.64.54.03.63.24.63.83.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 569985 — Little Poplar Mountain, Franklin County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358221573

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