McCarty Mountain
McCarty Mountain rises to 573 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Dwelley Pond Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33141028, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 573 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Morse Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Howe Peak: 1.6 mi
- Strickland Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Squirt Dam Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Green Falls: 5.3 mi
- South Branch Falls: 6.6 mi
- Ledge Falls: 7.5 mi
- Wassataquoik Grand Falls: 8.7 mi
- Norway Falls: 9.9 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- SFMA Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Ledge Falls Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land: 16.2 mi
- Gero Island Public Reserved Land: 16.7 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 16.7 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 17.8 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Snub Pitch: 5.5 mi
- Table Land: 12.0 mi
- The Gateway: 12.3 mi
- Windey Pitch: 15.7 mi
- Owls Head: 18.3 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 24.3 mi
- Caribou Spring: 11.0 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 12.6 mi
- Baxter State Park: 13.2 mi
- Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station: 23.9 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 19.2 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 21.2 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 16.0 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of McCarty Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | SSE 155° | 1,605 m | 12.5 mi |
| South Peak | SSE 154° | 1,603 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pamola | SSE 152° | 1,495 m | 12.7 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SSE 152° | 1,491 m | 12.7 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | SSE 153° | 1,446 m | 11.1 mi |
| Howe Peaks | SSE 151° | 1,416 m | 10.6 mi |
| North Brother | SSE 164° | 1,235 m | 8.0 mi |
| South Brother | S 170° | 1,208 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:45 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:56 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:03 | 15:54 |
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, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 570950 — McCarty Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221914
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