Mount Veto
Mount Veto rises to 826 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the east-southeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Bosom, a peak 1.1 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33141653, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 826 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Moose Bosom: 1.1 mi
- Doubletop Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Bean Hole Mountain: 2.4 mi
- West Peak: 3.1 mi
- The Cross Range: 3.2 mi
- Ledge Falls: 1.6 mi
- Little Niagara Falls: 5.8 mi
- Big Niagara Falls: 6.1 mi
- Katahdin Falls: 6.3 mi
- Nesowadnehunk Falls: 7.6 mi
- Ledge Falls Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Slide Dam Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 9.3 mi
- Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land: 16.0 mi
- Gero Island Public Reserved Land: 16.3 mi
- Big Spencer Ecological Reserve: 19.9 mi
- Shawtown Public Reserved Land: 21.3 mi
- The Gateway: 7.4 mi
- Table Land: 7.9 mi
- Snub Pitch: 9.0 mi
- Windey Pitch: 12.4 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 22.8 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 23.1 mi
- Caribou Spring: 7.7 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 8.1 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 14.3 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 14.4 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 8.4 mi
- Baxter State Park: 11.2 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Mount Veto. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | ESE 111° | 1,605 m | 8.6 mi |
| South Peak | ESE 112° | 1,603 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pamola | ESE 109° | 1,495 m | 9.2 mi |
| Chimney Peak | ESE 109° | 1,491 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | ESE 103° | 1,446 m | 7.9 mi |
| Howe Peaks | E 98° | 1,416 m | 7.9 mi |
| North Brother | E 84° | 1,235 m | 4.9 mi |
| South Brother | E 95° | 1,208 m | 4.1 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 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:04 | 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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket, 28 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 577716 — Mount Veto, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358225402
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