Ragged Mountain
Ragged Mountain rises to 256 m in Maine. Barren Mountain stands 742 m to the north, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 573967).
Wikidata Q33144774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Granite Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Garcock Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Poverty Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Davis Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 1.0 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 6.0 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 6.1 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 8.4 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 8.8 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 3.0 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 6.9 mi
- Little Wilson Lower Falls: 7.7 mi
- Little Wilson Upper Falls: 8.3 mi
- Thompson Brook Lower Falls: 9.2 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
- Law Farm Nature Trails: 9.8 mi
- Delano Wildlife Management Area: 9.9 mi
- Barnard Forest: 11.1 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 12.8 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 8.0 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- dih cheese fort: 9.4 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 16.7 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 16.8 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 7.4 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 13.1 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 13.7 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Barren Slide: 8.9 mi
- The Jaws: 13.6 mi
- Monument Square: 9.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Cannon Monument: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Ragged Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barren Mountain | N 353° | 742 m | 8.8 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | N 8° | 714 m | 10.0 mi |
| Columbus Mountain | NNE 20° | 707 m | 11.7 mi |
| Chairback Mountain | NNE 21° | 668 m | 12.4 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 13° | 610 m | 11.0 mi |
| Borestone Mountain East Peak | NNW 337° | 604 m | 6.6 mi |
| Russell Mountain | WSW 254° | 596 m | 13.6 mi |
| Rum Mountain | NNW 330° | 582 m | 14.9 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573967 — Ragged Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223281
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