Whetstone Mountain
Whetstone Mountain rises to 447 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelloch Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q33153823, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 447 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kelloch Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Wassataquoik Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Hunt Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Deasey Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Orin Falls: 8.8 mi
- Abol Falls: 13.9 mi
- Norway Falls: 14.4 mi
- Ledge Falls: 14.9 mi
- Grand Falls: 15.1 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 3.4 mi
- Jerry Pond Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Swimmin' Hole: 11.4 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 11.6 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 11.8 mi
- Lunksoos Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 10.0 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 4.9 mi
- Gantniers Landing Scenic Area: 11.9 mi
- Salmon Stream Lake Scenic Area: 12.3 mi
- Mount Chase State Forest: 18.5 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Baxter State Park: 10.5 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 12.5 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 12.6 mi
- Windey Pitch: 8.8 mi
- Table Land: 13.3 mi
- The Gateway: 14.0 mi
- Snub Pitch: 18.1 mi
- The Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 12.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.7 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 11.0 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 16.0 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 8.7 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 13.4 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 13.2 mi
- Caribou Spring: 13.7 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 10.6 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Whetstone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | WNW 293° | 1,605 m | 12.7 mi |
| South Peak | WNW 293° | 1,603 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pamola | WNW 295° | 1,495 m | 12.0 mi |
| Chimney Peak | WNW 295° | 1,491 m | 12.0 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | WNW 298° | 1,446 m | 13.5 mi |
| Howe Peaks | WNW 301° | 1,416 m | 13.7 mi |
| North Brother | WNW 300° | 1,235 m | 17.1 mi |
| South Brother | WNW 297° | 1,208 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:43 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225649
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