Lunksoos Mountain
Lunksoos Mountain rises to 537 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hathorn Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33140858, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 537 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hathorn Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Deasey Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Spring Brook Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Barnard Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Orin Falls: 3.2 mi
- The Hulling Machine: 6.9 mi
- Grand Pitch: 7.6 mi
- Pond Pitch: 8.1 mi
- Norway Falls: 8.5 mi
- Lunksoos Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 13.6 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 7.2 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 11.3 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Town of Patten Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Jerry Pond Recreation Area: 20.0 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 5.5 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Mount Chase State Forest: 11.7 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Gantniers Landing Scenic Area: 16.9 mi
- Baxter State Park: 8.9 mi
- Patten Academy Monument & Bell: 11.6 mi
- A. J. “Allie” Cole Scenic Overlook: 19.7 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 21.2 mi
- Windey Pitch: 9.8 mi
- Table Land: 12.7 mi
- Snub Pitch: 13.0 mi
- The Gateway: 13.8 mi
- Owls Head: 19.5 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 11.3 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 19.6 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 20.8 mi
- Caribou Spring: 12.3 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 13.0 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 13.0 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 18.2 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 20.7 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 11.6 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 15.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Lunksoos Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | WSW 252° | 1,605 m | 12.2 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 251° | 1,603 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pamola | WSW 252° | 1,495 m | 11.4 mi |
| Chimney Peak | WSW 251° | 1,491 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | W 259° | 1,446 m | 12.1 mi |
| Howe Peaks | W 262° | 1,416 m | 11.9 mi |
| North Brother | W 270° | 1,235 m | 14.6 mi |
| Fort Mountain | W 271° | 1,171 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:43 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:03 | 15:53 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 570586 — Lunksoos Mountain, Penobscot County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221781
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