The Saddleback
The Saddleback rises to 503 m in Maine. Black Mountain stands 649 m to the west, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33151179, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 503 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Browns Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Ragged Jack Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Trask Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Thorne Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Hartford Town Beach: 3.9 mi
- Donald E. Hutchins Memorial Ballfield: 4.1 mi
- Dixfield Carry-In Boat Access: 4.9 mi
- Concord Pond State Water Access: 7.9 mi
- Round Pond Access: 8.9 mi
- LeBlanc Rivershore Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Stevens Island Rivershore Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Little Concord Pond State Park: 6.9 mi
- Bear Paw Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area: 7.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 15.5 mi
- World War Honor Roll: 15.6 mi
- Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll: 15.6 mi
- Norway 1917-1918 Honor Roll: 16.8 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 9.3 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 12.8 mi
- Herbon Historical Society: 16.3 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 18.1 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 19.5 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Shagg Crag: 6.5 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Berry Ledge: 10.8 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 16.2 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Whitney Street Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 14.9 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 15.9 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 17.5 mi
- Town Beach: 21.9 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 23.0 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 10.7 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 19.5 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 20.3 mi
- Fisher Man: 20.6 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 9.2 mi
- Cooper Spring: 11.8 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 18.0 mi
- Oxford Casino: 22.1 mi
- Rumford Falls: 10.4 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of The Saddleback. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | W 279° | 649 m | 3.4 mi |
| Speckled Mountain | W 275° | 645 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mollyockett Mountain | WSW 246° | 611 m | 7.8 mi |
| Colonel Holman Mountain | NNE 13° | 561 m | 7.8 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNE 18° | 555 m | 7.6 mi |
| Trask Mountain | NE 43° | 527 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 210° | 519 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 271° | 512 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:46 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
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 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225044
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