Owls Head
Owls Head rises to 422 m in Maine. Mount Tom stands 519 m to the northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q33142545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 422 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Buckfield Memorial Recreation Park: 2.6 mi
- H. Packard Memorial Recreational Area: 2.9 mi
- Willard Park: 5.4 mi
- Courthouse Square: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Water Access: 6.1 mi
- Stone Hill: 0.9 mi
- Whitman Hill: 1.3 mi
- Streaked Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Ben Barrows Hill: 1.9 mi
- North Hill: 2.0 mi
- Virgil Parris Forest: 1.1 mi
- Everett Towle Forest: 5.2 mi
- Cornwall Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Drew Brook Forest: 5.2 mi
- Whitney: 5.3 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 8.3 mi
- Oxford Casino: 10.1 mi
- Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 15.6 mi
- Public Soccer Field: 19.4 mi
- Camp Cedar: 20.0 mi
- Herbon Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Poland Historical Society: 13.4 mi
- Androscoggin County Historical Museum: 13.6 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 13.7 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll: 6.6 mi
- World War Honor Roll: 6.6 mi
- Korea and Vietnam Veterans: 7.8 mi
- Lower Range Pond Beach: 14.4 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 15.1 mi
- Tripp Lake Beach: 15.2 mi
- Otisfield Town Beach: 15.3 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 16.5 mi
- Berry Ledge: 10.2 mi
- Shaw Ledge: 11.5 mi
- Shagg Crag: 14.0 mi
- Payne Ledge: 15.8 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 17.0 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 7.0 mi
- Whitney Street Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- The Atsuko Hirai Lantern and Garden: 13.8 mi
- Bridgton Community Gardens: 21.1 mi
- Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 20.9 mi
- Loon Mural: 21.1 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 21.3 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 22.4 mi
- Cooper Spring: 3.3 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 18.2 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 8.1 mi
- Sabatis Island Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Rumford Falls: 21.0 mi
- Kezar Falls: 21.5 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Owls Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | NW 324° | 519 m | 6.9 mi |
| Streaked Mountain | WSW 249° | 512 m | 1.6 mi |
| Spruce Hills | NW 322° | 475 m | 6.7 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NW 315° | 459 m | 6.9 mi |
| Ryerson Hill | WNW 303° | 425 m | 4.6 mi |
| Singepole Mountain | SW 235° | 424 m | 3.7 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 283° | 416 m | 2.5 mi |
| Crocker Hill | WNW 292° | 415 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:45 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:18 | 16:06 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Turner, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 572885 — Owls Head, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358222668
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