Owls Head
Owls Head rises to 890 m in Maine. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,319 m to the west, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Maine, United States of America
Wikidata Q33142540, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 890 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 15.1 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 15.8 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 23 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Hill: 1.8 mi
- Black Nubble: 1.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Spaulding Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Little Poplar Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Shiloh Pond Community Forest: 2.3 mi
- Carrabassett Valley Public Lot: 4.5 mi
- Lone Mountain Wilderness Sanctuary: 6.5 mi
- Highland Plantation West Public Reserved Land: 6.9 mi
- Mount Abraham Public Reserved Land: 7.3 mi
- Flagstaff Ledge House: 9.3 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 9.7 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 10.0 mi
- Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 10.3 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 10.7 mi
- Kingfield Town Park: 6.6 mi
- Freeman Ridge Bike Park: 7.6 mi
- Carrabassett River Access: 8.7 mi
- Perham Stream Birding Trail: 10.6 mi
- Blanchard Park: 12.1 mi
- Long Falls: 14.2 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 15.4 mi
- Smalls falls: 17.5 mi
- Grand Falls: 18.8 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 22.5 mi
- Parsons School: 11.5 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 24.9 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 24.9 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 24.9 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 14.1 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 14.7 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 15.2 mi
- Wilhelm Reich Museum: 23.0 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 24.9 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 10.1 mi
- Smalls Falls: 17.4 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 16.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 23.9 mi
- Riverside Beach: 4.1 mi
- Flagstaff: 9.5 mi
- Spring water: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Owls Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 278° | 1,319 m | 3.2 mi |
| Crocker Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,279 m | 6.8 mi |
| Avery Peak | N 351° | 1,234 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Abraham | SW 227° | 1,230 m | 5.3 mi |
| South Crocker Mountain | W 277° | 1,228 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | NNW 347° | 1,227 m | 8.6 mi |
| West Peak | NNW 347° | 1,222 m | 8.6 mi |
| Spaulding Mountain | WSW 250° | 1,219 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:55 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:14 | 16:03 |
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 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 572886 — Owls Head, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358222669
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