Slide Mountain
Slide Mountain rises to 972 m in Maine. Old Speck Mountain stands 1,263 m to the northwest, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Riley Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Grafton Notch Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33148055, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 972 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 11.9 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 12.6 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 3 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 17 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 18 mi
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riley Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sunday River Whitecap: 1.2 mi
- Old Speck Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Stowe Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Sargent Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Moran's Landing: 8.1 mi
- Angevine Park: 9.7 mi
- Andover Common: 10.3 mi
- Davis Park: 11.5 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial Park: 11.8 mi
- Stowe Mountain Conservation Easement: 3.1 mi
- Step Falls Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (South Tract): 3.2 mi
- Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land: 4.4 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 5.3 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 1.8 mi
- Kees Falls: 14.3 mi
- Mad River Falls: 18.5 mi
- Rumford Falls: 18.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 19.2 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 3.9 mi
- C Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Goss Ledge: 13.9 mi
- Browns Ledge: 15.6 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 16.3 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 11.0 mi
- P10: 18.2 mi
- P9: 18.2 mi
- P6: 18.2 mi
- P8: 18.2 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 10.4 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 11.9 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 12.0 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 12.0 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 13.7 mi
- Mountain fountain: 5.4 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 18.1 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 22.5 mi
- Peabody Spring: 24.6 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 11.8 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 18.4 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 24.2 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.0 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Moose Cave: 2.4 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 5.6 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 16.7 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Slide Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Speck Mountain | NW 313° | 1,263 m | 2.1 mi |
| East Peak | NNE 20° | 1,141 m | 4.3 mi |
| Goose Eye Mountain | SW 229° | 1,132 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mahoosuc Arm | WNW 285° | 1,128 m | 2.8 mi |
| North Peak | SW 234° | 1,111 m | 4.0 mi |
| West Peak | NNE 16° | 1,092 m | 3.7 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,090 m | 4.2 mi |
| Little Baldpate Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,086 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:48 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:19 | 16:07 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andover 2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 575549 — Slide Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358224159
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