Owls Head
Owls Head rises to 615 m in Maine. Kibby Mountain stands 1,114 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Attean View Rest Area, a rest area 0.7 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33142552, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 615 m
How to reach it
- 0.2 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 2.8 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Route de la Beauce, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bean Brook Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Catheart Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Parlin Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Sally Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Williams Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Bradstreet Township S Public Reserved Land: 7.8 mi
- Upper Enchanted Township Public Reserved Land: 8.3 mi
- Dennistown Plantation Public Reserved Land: 11.5 mi
- Sandwich Academy Grant Public Reserved Land: 12.0 mi
- Johnson Mountain Public Reserved Land: 12.8 mi
- Holeb Falls: 9.7 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 10.4 mi
- Heald Stream Falls: 12.0 mi
- Moxie Falls: 18.9 mi
- Grand Falls: 20.0 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 0.7 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 6.7 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Little Big Wood Pond Access: 8.8 mi
- Crocker Pond Access: 10.7 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 19.1 mi
- Trickey Bluffs: 15.2 mi
- Askwith: 15.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Owls Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kibby Mountain | WSW 238° | 1,114 m | 21.6 mi |
| Boundary Bald Mountain | N 351° | 1,094 m | 12.8 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | WSW 238° | 1,091 m | 17.5 mi |
| Coburn Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,055 m | 8.2 mi |
| Number Six Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,007 m | 13.3 mi |
| Spencer Bale Mountain | SW 234° | 994 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sandy Bay Mountain - Mont Bélanger | NW 317° | 944 m | 16.1 mi |
| Number Five Mountain | WSW 242° | 934 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:48 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:11 | 16:00 |
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 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackman, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358222671
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