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Saddleback Mountain

Saddleback Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Saddleback Mountain rises to 784 m in Maine. Mount Blue stands 973 m to the north, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Franklin County, Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33146425, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
784 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.62756, -70.35784

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 1.2 mi
  • Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 4.7 mi
  • Foothills Land Conservancy: 5.0 mi
  • Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 5.3 mi
  • Flagg Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Kineowatha Park: 6.4 mi
  • Bass Park: 6.7 mi
  • Village View Park: 7.5 mi
  • Bishop Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
  • Dixfield Carry-In Boat Access: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 10
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • The Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Rumford Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Smalls falls: 17.8 mi
  • Angel Falls: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Leaf Sculpture: 10.8 mi
  • Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 11.1 mi
  • Fisher Man: 20.2 mi
  • Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 25.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Richardson's Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 23.7 mi
  • Stinchfield Beach: 23.9 mi
  • Rome Town Beach: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Rumford Community Garden: 10.6 mi
  • UMF Community Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Middle School Community Garden: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Light of the World Cross: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Smalls Falls: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Saddleback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BlueN 6°973 m7.0 mi
Spruce MountainNNE 16°784 m7.8 mi
Spruce MountainWNW 289°771 m8.3 mi
Hurricane MountainN 352°755 m8.5 mi
Bald MountainNNE 15°717 m1.4 mi
Kinneys HeadNNE 25°639 m3.3 mi
Gleason MountainNNE 24°633 m4.1 mi
Wilder HillNNE 23°616 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1518:54
June solstice04:5719:4620:31
September equinox06:2918:0218:41
December solstice07:1615:1616:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161828415362676558463524
Precip in3.53.14.04.33.95.14.04.13.55.24.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 574666 — Saddleback Mountain, Franklin County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358223658

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