West Mountain
West Mountain rises to 832 m in Maine. Elephant Mountain stands 1,150 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33153608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 832 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 17.5 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 26.2 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 15 mi
- Table Rock · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smalls Falls Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Mexico Rec Park: 9.9 mi
- Andover Common: 10.6 mi
- Stephens High School Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- Strathglass Park: 11.8 mi
- Brush Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Walker Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Whale Back Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Tumbledown Southwest Peak: 2.0 mi
- Tumbledown East Peak: 2.2 mi
- Township 6 Conservation Easement: 3.9 mi
- Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 4.3 mi
- Flagg Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 8.3 mi
- Chandler Family Woodlot: 9.6 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 10.6 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 11.3 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 13.3 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 13.6 mi
- Wilhelm Reich Museum: 19.4 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 14.5 mi
- C Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 17.2 mi
- Shagg Crag: 20.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 8.1 mi
- Smalls falls: 9.9 mi
- Rumford Falls: 12.6 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 19.3 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 12.4 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 16.4 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 21.1 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 24.1 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 16.1 mi
- Mountain fountain: 22.3 mi
- King Spring: 23.0 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 10.6 mi
- Moose Cave: 20.3 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 3.0 mi
- Smalls Falls: 9.9 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elephant Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,150 m | 10.9 mi |
| Old Blue Mountain | W 281° | 1,091 m | 9.8 mi |
| Jackson Mountain | NE 40° | 1,088 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bemis Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,085 m | 11.0 mi |
| Little Jackson Mountain | NE 36° | 1,055 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Blue | E 87° | 973 m | 11.2 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | NNE 27° | 939 m | 2.3 mi |
| Tumbledown Southwest Peak | NNE 23° | 935 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andover 2, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225582
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