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New Vineyard Mountains

New Vineyard Mountains, seen from above at true elevation

New Vineyard Mountains rises to 492 m in Maine. Spruce Mountain stands 784 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Caswell Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33141803, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
492 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.80589, -70.08729

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Strong Public Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Historical Society Benches: 6.5 mi
  • United Methodist Church Flower Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Nazarene Church Garden: 6.5 mi
  • White Elephant Greens: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 30
  • North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 11.5 mi
  • Lexington Historical Society: 11.6 mi
  • clay slides: 14.0 mi
  • Embden Petroglyphs (Indian Rock): 14.1 mi
  • rope swing: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Strong Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Parsons School: 6.9 mi
  • Honor Roll Monument: 9.8 mi
  • Honor Roll Monument: 9.8 mi
  • Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 9.8 mi
Museums: 9
Artworks: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Houston Brook Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Smalls falls: 21.3 mi
  • The Falls: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Rome Town Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Riverside Beach: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
Springs: 1
  • Spring water: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of New Vineyard Mountains. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainWSW 246°784 m12.1 mi
Day MountainWSW 249°641 m8.7 mi
Griffin MountainSW 217°639 m0.9 mi
Caswell MountainSSW 196°611 m0.2 mi
Derby MountainSW 225°581 m12.8 mi
Norton MountainS 184°558 m2.8 mi
Center HillSW 231°525 m12.7 mi
Little MountainNE 36°523 m0.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1418:53
June solstice04:5519:4620:31
September equinox06:2818:0118:40
December solstice07:1615:1416:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161828415362676558463524
Precip in3.53.14.04.33.95.14.04.13.55.24.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 572130 — New Vineyard Mountains, Franklin County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358222353

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