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Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain, a peak in Maine
Lookout Mountain, a peak in MaineNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Lookout Mountain, a peak in Maine
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Lookout Mountain, a peak in Maine
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Lookout Mountain rises to 242 m in Maine. Passadumkeag Mountain stands 442 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Jefferson, a peak 0.7 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33140780, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
242 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.34228, -68.28057
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 18
  • Cole’s Landing: 1.8 mi
  • Springfield Fair: 8.4 mi
  • Penobscot River Access - Winn: 10.2 mi
  • Prince Thomas Park: 10.8 mi
  • Marguerite Flanders Playground: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Historic sites: 5
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Grand Falls: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Lookout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Passadumkeag MountainSSW 194°442 m15.2 mi
Mattamiscontis MountainWNW 290°380 m22.6 mi
Duck MountainSSE 148°362 m14.1 mi
Brown HillENE 72°338 m12.1 mi
Little Mattamiscontis MountainWNW 288°333 m22.0 mi
Stetson MountainNE 49°326 m19.4 mi
Bowers MountainENE 77°317 m12.3 mi
Gates HillENE 68°309 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:4619:4020:26
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:1015:0415:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151728415463696759473523
Precip in3.52.43.53.63.74.13.43.63.44.74.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 570354 — Lookout Mountain, Penobscot County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358221712

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