Poverty Mountain
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
- 15.7 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 28.5 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Davis Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Hampshire Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Deer Hill: 1.5 mi
- Garcock Hill: 1.5 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 1.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 7.8 mi
- Delano Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Law Farm Nature Trails: 10.2 mi
- Barnard Forest: 12.8 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 14.0 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 8.0 mi
- dih cheese fort: 9.5 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 16.7 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 16.7 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 7.5 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 12.6 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 15.4 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- Barren Slide: 9.7 mi
- The Jaws: 14.8 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barren Mountain | N 2° | 742 m | 9.8 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | NNE 14° | 714 m | 11.3 mi |
| Columbus Mountain | NNE 23° | 707 m | 13.2 mi |
| Chairback Mountain | NNE 25° | 667.5 m | 13.9 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 18° | 610 m | 12.4 mi |
| Borestone Mountain East Peak | N 349° | 604 m | 7.3 mi |
| Russell Mountain | WSW 257° | 596 m | 12.1 mi |
| Benson Mountain | NNE 21° | 559 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:09 | 15:58 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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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