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Poverty Mountain

Poverty Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Poverty Mountain rises to 311 m in Maine. Barren Mountain stands 742 m to the north, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33144306, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
311 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.27311, -69.37588

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 24
  • Sebec Lake Boat Access: 2.5 mi
  • Greeley's Landing: 6.8 mi
  • Sebec Lake Public Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Guilford Recreation Park: 7.2 mi
  • Doe Pond Access: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cowyard Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Big Wilson Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Little Wilson Lower Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Little Wilson Upper Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Thompson Brook Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
Museums: 7
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Monument Square: 9.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 16.7 mi
  • Cannon Monument: 17.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Poverty Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barren MountainN 2°742 m9.8 mi
Fourth MountainNNE 14°714 m11.3 mi
Columbus MountainNNE 23°707 m13.2 mi
Chairback MountainNNE 25°667.5 m13.9 mi
Third MountainNNE 18°610 m12.4 mi
Borestone Mountain East PeakN 349°604 m7.3 mi
Russell MountainWSW 257°596 m12.1 mi
Benson MountainNNE 21°559 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1118:50
June solstice04:5019:4420:30
September equinox06:2517:5818:37
December solstice07:1415:0915:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131626395261676557453422
Precip in3.63.23.64.03.84.44.03.84.05.14.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sebec Lake, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573740 — Poverty Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358223163

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