South Mountain
South Mountain rises to 640 m in Maine. Moxie Mountain stands 893 m to the south, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33148484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 640 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Pleasant Pond Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.4 mi
- Moxie Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Dimmick Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Carratunk N Public Reserved Land: 3.3 mi
- The Forks Plantation S Public Reserved Land: 3.6 mi
- Carratunk E Public Reserved Land: 5.2 mi
- The Forks Plantation N Public Reserved Land: 6.4 mi
- Carratunk S Public Reserved Land: 6.5 mi
- Flagstaff Ledge House: 15.5 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 16.4 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 16.7 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 17.5 mi
- Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 18.1 mi
- Moxie Falls: 7.5 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 9.6 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 13.1 mi
- Long Falls: 14.9 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 15.8 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 7.3 mi
- Quimby Field: 14.0 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 17.4 mi
- Embden Pond Boat Access: 23.9 mi
- Kingfield Town Park: 24.4 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 6.4 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 20.3 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 20.5 mi
- Spring water: 13.5 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 13.9 mi
- Riverside Beach: 19.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moxie Mountain | S 177° | 893 m | 3.5 mi |
| Granny Cap | NW 305° | 806 m | 16.7 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | SW 227° | 773 m | 14.8 mi |
| Pierce Pond Mountain | W 275° | 754 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pleasant Pond Mountain | N 7° | 746 m | 1.0 mi |
| Heald Mountain | WNW 297° | 731 m | 17.7 mi |
| Basin Mountain | W 277° | 716 m | 13.6 mi |
| Middle Mountain | NNE 33° | 683 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:46 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:11 | 16:00 |
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 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 575872 — South Mountain, Somerset County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358224261
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