Grand Pitch
Grand Pitch is a waterfall in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 159 m. The Traveler stands 1,079 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Seboeis River Gorge Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Cliff in Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America; geonames ID = 4965595.
Wikidata Q49468819, matched on coordinates and name (136 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 159 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Hay Brook Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Allen Hill: 5.4 mi
- Hay Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Roberts Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Shin Falls: 1.0 mi
- Mossy Falls: 1.2 mi
- Sawtelle Falls: 2.0 mi
- Godfrey Pitch: 2.8 mi
- Grand Pitch: 7.5 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Lunksoos Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- SFMA Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Mount Chase State Forest: 7.8 mi
- Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land: 9.7 mi
- Moro Plantation W Public Reserved Land: 13.3 mi
- Owls Head: 9.1 mi
- Snub Pitch: 16.3 mi
- Windey Pitch: 20.3 mi
- The Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Table Land: 21.2 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 12.3 mi
- Town of Patten Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 18.6 mi
- Merrill Millstream Park: 22.1 mi
- Patten Academy Monument & Bell: 12.5 mi
- Baxter State Park: 18.2 mi
- Caribou Spring: 20.3 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 21.8 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 12.3 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 12.5 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Grand Pitch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Traveler | WSW 249° | 1,079 m | 11.1 mi |
| Traveler Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,034 m | 11.1 mi |
| North Turner Mountain | SW 223° | 999 m | 15.0 mi |
| Peak of the Ridges | WSW 251° | 982 m | 12.1 mi |
| North Traveler Mountain | W 259° | 958 m | 11.0 mi |
| South Turner Mountain | SW 219° | 871 m | 16.8 mi |
| North Pogy Mountain | WSW 248° | 855 m | 16.3 mi |
| South Pogy Mountain | WSW 245° | 822 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:07 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:01 | 15:52 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–May, Nov–Dec — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 217 | 146 | 268 | 1,091 | 573 | 221 | 124 | 102 | 116 | 220 | 339 | 373 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Seboeis River near Shin Pond, Maine, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358220113
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