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Mount Redington

Mount Redington, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Redington rises to 1,214 m in Maine. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,319 m to the east, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is South Crocker Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.1 miles off.

The story

Mount Redington is a mountain located in Franklin County, Maine. Redington is flanked to the northeast by South Crocker Mountain and to the west by Black Nubble. Redington stands just northeast of the U.S. Navy Survival Escape and Evasion Training Facility (USSEAETF). The southeast side of Redington drains into the South Branch of the Carrabassett River, then into the Kennebec River, and into the Gulf of Maine. The northwest side of Redington drains into Nash Stream, then into the South Branch of the Dead River, Flagstaff Lake, the Dead River and the Kennebec. The Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,170 mi (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, is routed around Mt. Redington, to instead pass near the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain (4,250 feet or 1,300 metres) — the second highest peak in the state of Maine. The AT runs from Saddleback Junior to the southwest, over Spaulding Mountain and Sugarloaf to the east, and passes about a mile northeast of Redington, at the summit of South Crocker. Mount Redington and Owl's Head in New Hampshire are the only New England four-thousand footers without a maintained trail to the summit.

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Wikidata Q6923167, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1214 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.02506, -70.38840

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions: 34
  • Flagstaff Memorial Society: 8.5 mi
  • Flagstaff Pat Taylor Farm: 9.4 mi
  • Flagstaff Charles T. Wyman Farm: 9.7 mi
  • Flagstaff Dave Murray Place: 10.0 mi
  • Flagstaff Leon Savage Place: 10.0 mi
Parks: 27
  • Perham Stream Birding Trail: 8.0 mi
  • Blanchard Park: 8.3 mi
  • Carrabassett River Access: 10.1 mi
  • Phllips Fish Hatchery: 10.2 mi
  • Sandy River Ponds Public Boat Access: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Smalls falls: 13.1 mi
  • Long Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Shadagee Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Grand Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Sarampus Falls: 21.8 mi
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • King Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Spring water: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Beach: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Mount Redington. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainE 83°1,319 m3.7 mi
Crocker MountainN 10°1,279 m1.6 mi
Avery PeakNNE 33°1,234 m10.1 mi
Saddleback MountainSW 223°1,231 m8.3 mi
Mount AbrahamSE 140°1,230 m4.7 mi
South Crocker MountainNE 37°1,228 m1.0 mi
Mount BigelowNNE 30°1,227 m9.7 mi
West PeakNNE 30°1,222 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1518:54
June solstice04:5519:4720:33
September equinox06:2918:0218:41
December solstice07:1815:1416:03

Local time (America/Toronto).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121323365060656356433220
Precip in2.82.43.03.33.64.44.04.13.54.63.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rangeley, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358225974

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