South Mountain
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Little River Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Wabassus Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Getchel Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Farm Cove Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Washington Bald Mountain: 5.5 mi
- 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
- Little River Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 16.6 mi
- The High Bluffs: 19.9 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 2.1 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 8.5 mi
- Campbell Shore: 10.8 mi
- Hold Shore: 10.8 mi
- Big Falls: 3.6 mi
- Little Falls: 4.1 mi
- Grand Falls: 22.8 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 24.6 mi
- Indian Township Museum: 13.5 mi
- Princeton War Monument: 13.6 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- Riceville: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Mountain | SSW 209° | 414 m | 19.6 mi |
| Musquash Mountain | N 5° | 364 m | 17.3 mi |
| Duck Mountain | W 278° | 362 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | WSW 239° | 335 m | 12.6 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | NNW 329° | 317 m | 19.5 mi |
| Dill Hill | NNW 341° | 304 m | 19.1 mi |
| Almanac Mountain | NW 317° | 301 m | 19.2 mi |
| Getchell Mountain | NW 326° | 299 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:05 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:37 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:52 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
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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