South Branch Mountain
South Branch Mountain rises to 800 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Cat Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33148397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 800 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Cat Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Sable Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Big Peaked Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Black Brook Mountains: 2.3 mi
- Little Peaked Mountain: 2.4 mi
- South Branch Falls: 2.0 mi
- Green Falls: 5.7 mi
- Wassataquoik Grand Falls: 6.1 mi
- Norway Falls: 6.7 mi
- Ledge Falls: 6.9 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- SFMA Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Halfway Brook Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land: 11.3 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Big Reed Forest Reserve: 19.5 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 19.7 mi
- Snub Pitch: 4.6 mi
- Table Land: 12.6 mi
- Owls Head: 13.2 mi
- The Gateway: 13.4 mi
- Windey Pitch: 14.9 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 21.1 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 22.9 mi
- Town of Patten Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
- Caribou Spring: 11.4 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 13.3 mi
- Baxter State Park: 12.1 mi
- Patten Academy Monument & Bell: 23.3 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 19.1 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 22.3 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 21.0 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 22.9 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 20.2 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of South Branch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | S 182° | 1,605 m | 12.9 mi |
| South Peak | S 181° | 1,603 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pamola | S 178° | 1,495 m | 12.7 mi |
| Chimney Peak | S 178° | 1,491 m | 12.8 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | S 183° | 1,446 m | 11.5 mi |
| Howe Peaks | S 183° | 1,416 m | 10.9 mi |
| North Brother | SSW 200° | 1,235 m | 9.8 mi |
| South Brother | SSW 203° | 1,208 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:45 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:03 | 15:53 |
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 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225951
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