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South Mountain

South Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

South Mountain rises to 211 m in Maine. Pleasant Mountain stands 414 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Little River Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in Washington County, Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33148497, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
211 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.13903, -67.82659

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 13
  • Muwin Park: 10.7 mi
  • First Chain Lake Boat Access: 13.0 mi
  • Alexander Art Trail: 17.1 mi
  • Mopang Lake Boating Access: 18.7 mi
  • West Lake Access: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Big Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Little Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Grand Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 24.6 mi
Museums: 1
  • Indian Township Museum: 13.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant MountainSSW 209°414 m19.6 mi
Musquash MountainN 5°364 m17.3 mi
Duck MountainW 278°362 m14.7 mi
Sabao MountainWSW 239°335 m12.6 mi
Bowers MountainNNW 329°317 m19.5 mi
Dill HillNNW 341°304 m19.1 mi
Almanac MountainNW 317°301 m19.2 mi
Getchell MountainNW 326°299 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3518:0518:44
June solstice04:4519:3720:23
September equinox06:1917:5218:31
December solstice07:0815:0315:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182030415362686759473726
Precip in3.83.34.03.63.33.73.32.83.55.14.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Lake Stream, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 575871 — South Mountain, Washington County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358224260

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