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Mattamiscontis Mountain

Mattamiscontis Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Mattamiscontis Mountain rises to 380 m in Maine. Big Shanty Mountain stands 948 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mattamiscontis Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q33141002, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
380 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.45311, -68.71892

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Edwards Family Children's Fishing Park: 11.1 mi
  • Albert Thomas Park: 11.9 mi
  • Marguerite Flanders Playground: 12.0 mi
  • Robert A. MacEachern Memorial Park: 12.2 mi
  • Prince Thomas Park: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 4
  • Grand Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Mud Gauntlet Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Gauntlet Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Cooper Brook Falls: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.3 mi
  • Dolby Flowage: 15.2 mi
  • Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 20.0 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Mattamiscontis Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Shanty MountainWNW948 m24.0 mi
Saddleback MountainW905 m20.6 mi
Jo-Mary MountainNW883 m20.1 mi
Little Shanty MountainWNW780 m23.0 mi
Little Wilkie MountainWNW629 m17.7 mi
Little Boardman MountainWNW609 m23.8 mi
Cooper MountainNW570 m23.6 mi
Ebeemee MountainW556 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0818:47
June solstice04:4719:4220:28
September equinox06:2217:5518:34
December solstice07:1315:0515:55

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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 570906 — Mattamiscontis Mountain, Penobscot County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358221899

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