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Tumbledown Mountain

Tumbledown Mountain, a peak in Maine
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Tumbledown Mountain rises to 939 m in Maine. Elephant Mountain stands 1,150 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tumbledown East Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.4 miles off.

About

The story

Tumbledown Mountain is a mountain in Franklin County, Maine. The mountain is a popular hiking spot in western Maine, with trailheads located on Byron Road in unincorporated Township 6, north of Weld. It is distinguished by an alpine pond (known locally as Crater Lake or Tumbledown Pond) just below the summit. Tumbledown offers trails of varying difficulty for different hikers.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7852561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
939 m
Getting there

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Coordinates44.75009, -70.54875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Township 6 Conservation Easement: 1.9 mi
  • Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 2.5 mi
  • Flagg Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
  • Smalls Falls Public Reserved Land: 7.7 mi
  • Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 8.0 mi
Parks
  • Smalls Falls Rest Area: 7.6 mi
  • Sandy River Ponds Public Boat Access: 10.0 mi
  • Phllips Fish Hatchery: 11.3 mi
  • Phillips Town Park: 11.3 mi
  • Park by the Bridge: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Smalls falls: 7.7 mi
  • Angel Falls: 8.2 mi
  • The Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Rumford Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 21.3 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 14.3 mi
  • Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 14.4 mi
  • Leaf Sculpture: 20.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 18.2 mi
  • King Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Light of the World Cross: 8.3 mi
  • Moose Cave: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Smalls Falls: 7.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Tumbledown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elephant MountainW 276°1,150 m11.5 mi
Old Blue MountainW 269°1,091 m10.6 mi
Jackson MountainENE 59°1,088 m1.6 mi
Bemis MountainWNW 286°1,085 m11.2 mi
Little Jackson MountainENE 65°1,055 m0.7 mi
Mount BlueE 98°973 m10.3 mi
Beaver MountainNNW 334°955 m10.1 mi
Tumbledown Southwest PeakSW 236°935 m0.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:55
June solstice04:5719:4720:32
September equinox06:3018:0318:42
December solstice07:1715:1616:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626385260666456443321
Precip in3.42.73.54.54.45.44.84.34.05.94.54.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andover 2, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 577401 — Tumbledown Mountain, Franklin County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358225255

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