Haskell Rock Pitch
Haskell Rock Pitch is a waterfall in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pond Pitch, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 175 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Traveler: 3.9 mi
- Traveler Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Billfish Mountain: 4.3 mi
- South Traveler Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Pond Pitch: 0.8 mi
- Grand Pitch: 1.4 mi
- The Hulling Machine: 2.0 mi
- Norway Falls: 6.0 mi
- Mossy Falls: 6.9 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- SFMA Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land: 10.5 mi
- Mount Chase State Forest: 12.9 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 14.3 mi
- Snub Pitch: 8.8 mi
- Owls Head: 11.5 mi
- Table Land: 14.0 mi
- Windey Pitch: 14.0 mi
- The Gateway: 15.1 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 15.7 mi
- Town of Patten Recreation Area: 16.1 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Baxter State Park: 11.5 mi
- Patten Academy Monument & Bell: 16.1 mi
- Caribou Spring: 13.0 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 14.6 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 18.3 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 22.7 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 15.7 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 16.1 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Haskell Rock Pitch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | SSW 213° | 1,605 m | 13.9 mi |
| South Peak | SSW 212° | 1,603 m | 13.9 mi |
| Pamola | SSW 211° | 1,495 m | 13.4 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SSW 211° | 1,491 m | 13.4 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | SW 217° | 1,446 m | 12.9 mi |
| Howe Peaks | SW 219° | 1,416 m | 12.4 mi |
| North Brother | SW 233° | 1,235 m | 13.3 mi |
| Fort Mountain | SW 233° | 1,171 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:55 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:02 | 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 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 13 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, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4371060353
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