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Bigelow Mountain, Maine

Prominence: 2845 ft, 867 m

Elevation: 4145 feet, 1263 meters

True Isolation: 7.99 mi, 12.85 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4145 ft / 1263 m
Highest Summit	West Peak
Subpeaks	Avery Peak (4088 ft/1246 m) Cranberry Peak (3194 ft/974 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	45° 8' 48'' N, 70° 17' 17'' W 45.146771, -70.288172 (Dec Deg) 398732 E 5000062 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Maine
County/Second Level Region	Somerset (Highest Point)
City/Town	Dead River
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Bigelow Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Bigelow Mountain at SummitPost.org West Peak at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Mount Bigelow Maine at Mountain-Forecast.com West Peak on Bigelow Mtn. at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Somerset, ME by Denis Hanson CoHP.org Trip Report for Somerset, ME by Michael Schwartz Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Bigelow Mountain: New England 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #43) Northeast USA 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #73) AMC New England 4000-footers (Rank #43) Northeast "115" 4000-footers (Rank #75) Eastern USA Peaks with 2500 feet of Prominence (Rank #19) AMC New England Hundred Highest (Rank #43) New England 3700-foot Peaks (Rank #43) Northeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #14) Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #19) New England Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #10) New England CoHPs (Rank #8) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #165) CoHP High Five List (Rank #118) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #41) 100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #60) Maine County High Points (Rank #4) Maine County Prominence Peaks (Rank #3) Maine 3,500-foot Peaks (Rank #7) Canadian Border CoHPs (Rank #20) Northeastern USA CoHPs (Rank #16) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 646 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 566) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1992 by Brian Lamarsh 2010-09-09 by Tomoko Nakajima 2011-06-22 by Patrick Worthley 2011-09-24 by Dave Dunham 2012-01-09 by Rick Schauder (GPS Track) 2012-04-21 by Dan Quinlan 2012-07-07 by Matt DiFrancesco (GPS Track) 2013-07-13 by David Thibaudeau (GPS Track) 2014-06-29 by Wayne Snyder 2014-07-29 by Michael Berger (GPS Track) 2014-07-30 by William Musser 2014-09-28 by Richard Bedard (GPS Track) 2015-01-02 by Mike Guethle 2016-01-02 by Richard Hachem (GPS Track) 2016-03-20 by Spencer Corcoran 2016-05-21 by Isaiah Knight 2016-10-10 by Jerome Djé (GPS Track) 2017-09-23 by Map Man (GPS Track) 2017-09-23 by Soren Denlinger (GPS Track) 2017-12-02 by Soren Denlinger 2017-12-30 by Chris Higgins 2017-12-30 by David Darby (GPS Track) 2018-03-11 by Soren Denlinger (GPS Track) 2018-07-07 by Daniel Carrasquillo 2019-12-07 by Gabriel C (GPS Track) 2020-02-01 by Michael Stonek (GPS Track) 2020-07-31 by Eric Chu (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Bigelow Mountain Elevation Ladder from Bigelow Mountain Prominence Ladder from Bigelow Mountain

Dynamic Map Bigelow Mountain Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map
Web Map Links	Peakfinder Panorama GeoHack Links CalTopo MyTopo Bing Maps Google Maps Open Street Map
Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 2845 ft/867 m Optimistic Prominence: 2865 ft/873 m Line Parent: Crocker Mountain Key Col: Huston-Stratton Brooks 1300 ft/396 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 7.99 mi/12.85 km Isolation Limit Point: 45.0325, -70.3133 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Sugarloaf Mountain (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Northern U.S. Appalachians Range4: Longfellow Mountains Range5: Rangeley-Stratton Ranges Range6: Bigelow Mountain (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Dead Kennebec Gulf of Maine Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Maine Public Reserve Land
Topo Map	The Horns O45070b3 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

Other Photos

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Bigelow Range from the peak of Sugarloaf (2015-06-26). Photo by Wayne Snyder.
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Not the bluebird day we were hoping for, but we took it anyway. My daughter Laurel took the shot (2015-08-26). Photo by Dick Ellsworth.
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Laurel on the Fire Warden trail (2015-08-26). Photo by Dick Ellsworth.
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West Peak (Bigelow Mtn) from Avery Peak (2020-07-03). Photo by Lauren Kousaie.
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