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Saddleback Junior

Saddleback Junior, seen from above at true elevation

Saddleback Junior rises to 1,108 m in Maine. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,319 m to the northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddleback Mountain, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.1 miles off.

About

The story

Saddleback Junior is a mountain located in Franklin County, Maine. Saddleback Junior is flanked to the southwest by Saddleback Horn, and to the northeast by Poplar Ridge. The mountain is on the south border of the U.S. Navy Survival Escape and Evasion Training Facility (USSEAETF). Saddleback Junior stands within the watershed of the Kennebec River, which drains into the Gulf of Maine. The northeast and northwest sides of Saddleback Jr. drain into Redington Stream, then into the South Branch of the Dead River, and the Kennebec River. The east and south sides of Saddleback Jr. drain into Hardy Stream, then into Orbeton Stream, and the Sandy River, another tributary of the Kennebec. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170 mi (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs across the summit of Saddleback Junior, between Saddleback and Spaulding Mountain.

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Wikidata Q7397747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1108 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.95811, -70.45757

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions: 34
  • Light of the World Cross: 6.9 mi
  • Flagstaff Memorial Society: 12.7 mi
  • Flagstaff Pat Taylor Farm: 13.7 mi
  • Flagstaff Charles T. Wyman Farm: 14.1 mi
  • Flagstaff McPhearson Farm: 14.4 mi
Parks: 29
  • Perham Stream Birding Trail: 4.7 mi
  • Phllips Fish Hatchery: 6.1 mi
  • Sandy River Ponds Public Boat Access: 6.6 mi
  • Smalls Falls Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • Haley Pond Park: 9.0 mi
Museums: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Smalls falls: 7.5 mi
  • Angel Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Shadagee Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Long Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Sarampus Falls: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Strong Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
  • Parsons School: 18.6 mi
  • Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 24.8 mi
  • Honor Roll Monument: 24.8 mi
  • Honor Roll Monument: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Beach: 14.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • King Spring: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Saddleback Junior. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNE 54°1,319 m8.7 mi
Crocker MountainNNE 31°1,279 m7.2 mi
Saddleback MountainWSW 237°1,231 m2.7 mi
Mount AbrahamE 81°1,230 m6.5 mi
South Crocker MountainNE 36°1,228 m6.7 mi
Spaulding MountainENE 63°1,219 m6.8 mi
Mount RedingtonNE 36°1,214 m5.7 mi
The HornWSW 252°1,203 m1.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice04:5619:4720:33
September equinox06:3018:0318:41
December solstice07:1815:1516:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121323365060656356433220
Precip in2.82.43.03.33.64.44.04.13.54.63.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rangeley, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358223655

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