Old Speck Mountain
Old Speck Mountain rises to 1,263 m in Maine. East Peak stands 1,141 m to the northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (South Tract), a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Grafton Notch Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Old Speck Mountain, also known as Old Speckle Mountain, is a mountain located in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The mountain, the fourth-highest in the state, is the northeasternmost and highest of the Mahoosuc Range, the northeasternmost part of the White Mountains. Old Speck is flanked to the southwest by Mahoosuc Arm, and faces Baldpate Mountain to the northeast across Grafton Notch. Old Speck is within the watershed of the Androscoggin River, which drains into Merrymeeting Bay, the estuary of the Kennebec River, and then into the Gulf of Maine. The north and east faces of Old Speck drain into the Bear River, then into the Androscoggin. The southeast and southwest faces drain into the Bull Branch of Goose Eye Brook, then into the Sunday River and the Androscoggin. The northwest face drains into Silver Stream, then into Chickwolnepy Stream and the Androscoggin. The summit of Old Speck is on the southern boundary of Grafton Notch State Park. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs along the Mahoosuc Range, 0.3 miles (0.5 km) west of the summit of Old Speck. A short side trail runs from the Appalachian Trail to the summit of the mountain. Speck Pond is located below the mountain's summit, at 3,400 feet (1,000 m), it is stocked with brook trout. The Appalachian Trail descends 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from a location near the summit of Old Speck Mountain to the pond. Of the 49 4000 Footers of the White Mountains, Old Speck is the only one in Maine.
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Wikidata Q7085015, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1263 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 10.7 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 10.7 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 13.7 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 1 mi
- Alpine Cascade · 14 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 19 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (South Tract): 1.1 mi
- Step Falls Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land: 4.4 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 4.5 mi
- Stowe Mountain Conservation Easement: 5.0 mi
- Mahoosuc Arm: 1.4 mi
- Table Rock: 1.5 mi
- Slide Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mahoosuc Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.4 mi
- Moran's Landing: 10.2 mi
- Nansen Wayside Park: 10.7 mi
- Nansen Ski Jump State Historic Site: 10.9 mi
- Andover Common: 10.9 mi
- Milan Town Park: 11.3 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 2.6 mi
- Kees Falls: 15.7 mi
- Crystal Falls: 18.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 19.0 mi
- Mad River Falls: 19.7 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 12.2 mi
- P10: 17.8 mi
- P9: 17.8 mi
- P6: 17.8 mi
- P8: 17.8 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 4.4 mi
- C Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Goss Ledge: 16.0 mi
- Browns Ledge: 17.5 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 18.3 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Dummer Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 13.0 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 13.9 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 14.1 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 14.1 mi
- Mountain fountain: 3.3 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 20.0 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 23.7 mi
- Peabody Spring: 24.5 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 13.9 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 20.0 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 22.4 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 13.3 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Moose Cave: 1.3 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 18.8 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Old Speck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Peak | NE 49° | 1,141 m | 4.0 mi |
| Goose Eye Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,132 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mahoosuc Arm | WSW 240° | 1,128 m | 1.4 mi |
| North Peak | SSW 204° | 1,111 m | 4.1 mi |
| West Peak | NE 50° | 1,092 m | 3.3 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | NE 48° | 1,090 m | 3.9 mi |
| Little Baldpate Mountain | NE 45° | 1,086 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Carlo | SSW 205° | 1,086 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:48 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andover 2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 572729 — Old Speck Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358222613
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