Noyes Mountain
Noyes Mountain rises to 458 m in Maine. Mollyockett Mountain stands 611 m to the northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Noyes Mountain Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
The story
Noyes Mountain is a mountain located in Maine near the town of South Paris. It is named after George Lorenzo Noyes, who built and operated Harvard Quarry located nearby. Noyes Mountain stands within the watershed of the Little Androscoggin River, which drains into the Androscoggin River, and thence into Merrymeeting Bay in the Kennebec River estuary. The east and south sides of Noyes Mtn. drain into Pennesseewassee Lake, and thence into Pennesseewassee Stream and the Little Androscoggin River. The northeast side of Noyes Mtn. drains into Niles Brook, and the Little Androscoggin. The west side of Noyes Mtn. drains into Mud Pond, thence into Hicks Pond and Niles Brook.
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Wikidata Q7067376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 458 m
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
- 18.8 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 27.2 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Evans Notch Overlook · 18 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 18 mi
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 18 mi
- Table Rock · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Noyes Mountain Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement: 1.0 mi
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement: 1.8 mi
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement: 2.3 mi
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement: 4.7 mi
- The Nubble: 1.0 mi
- Patch Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Carter Hill: 1.4 mi
- Rock Dundee: 1.8 mi
- Witt Hill: 2.0 mi
- West Paris Ballfields: 4.0 mi
- Woodstock Public Boat Access: 5.1 mi
- Waterford Sandlot Complex: 5.4 mi
- Lake Pennesseewassee Park: 6.0 mi
- Woodstock Athletic Fields: 6.4 mi
- Norway Veterans in WWII: 7.6 mi
- Norway 1917-1918 Honor Roll: 7.6 mi
- Korea and Vietnam Veterans: 7.6 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Shaw Ledge: 1.3 mi
- Berry Ledge: 4.7 mi
- Payne Ledge: 4.8 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 7.9 mi
- Goss Ledge: 9.5 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 10.8 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 10.8 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 10.9 mi
- Herbon Historical Society: 13.3 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 6.3 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 8.1 mi
- Keoka Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
- Long Lake Beach: 12.6 mi
- Pleasant Point Town Beach: 15.5 mi
- Kezar Falls: 10.9 mi
- Kees Falls: 15.7 mi
- Rumford Falls: 17.7 mi
- Mad River Falls: 18.2 mi
- Brickett Falls: 19.6 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 8.8 mi
- Lakeside Grange #63: 12.7 mi
- Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 12.8 mi
- Bridgton Higlands Country Club: 15.3 mi
- Oxford Casino: 15.5 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 7.9 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Mary's Garden: 16.8 mi
- Bridgton Community Gardens: 16.9 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 10.9 mi
- Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 16.7 mi
- Loon Mural: 16.7 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 17.9 mi
- Cooper Spring: 9.3 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 14.0 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 17.7 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 5.0 mi
- Sabatis Island Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 17.9 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 20.1 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Noyes Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mollyockett Mountain | NE 37° | 611 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Abram | NW 326° | 604 m | 6.5 mi |
| Long Mountain | NW 305° | 557 m | 5.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 287° | 557 m | 5.4 mi |
| Tibbetts Mountain | NW 326° | 553 m | 6.1 mi |
| Lovejoy Mountain | W 276° | 543 m | 4.4 mi |
| Uncle Tom Mountain | NW 307° | 516 m | 3.9 mi |
| Elwell Mountain | NW 322° | 502 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:19 | 16:07 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethel 6 SSE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 572534 — Noyes Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358222477
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