Old Speck Mountain

Old Speck Mountain
Old Speck Mountain seen from Eyebrow Trail
Highest point
Elevation	4,170 ft (1,270 m)
Prominence	2,730 ft (830 m) ^[1]
Listing	New England 4000 footers #13 New England Fifty Finest
Coordinates	44°34.27′N 70°57.22′W / 44.57117°N 70.95367°W / 44.57117; -70.95367Coordinates: 44°34.27′N 70°57.22′W / 44.57117°N 70.95367°W / 44.57117; -70.95367 ^[2]
Geography
Old Speck Mountain Oxford County, Maine, U.S.
Parent range	Mahoosuc Range
Topo map	USGS Old Speck Mountain

Old Speck Mountain is a mountain located in Oxford County, Maine, United States.^[3] The mountain, the fourth-highest in the state, is the northeasternmost and highest of the Mahoosuc Range, the northeasternmost part of the White Mountains. Old Speck is flanked to the southwest by Mahoosuc Arm, and faces Baldpate Mountain to the northeast across Grafton Notch.

Old Speck is within the watershed of the Androscoggin River, which drains into Merrymeeting Bay, the estuary of the Kennebec River, and then into the Gulf of Maine. The north and east faces of Old Speck drain into the Bear River, then into the Androscoggin. The southeast and southwest faces drain into the Bull Branch of Goose Eye Brook, then into the Sunday River and the Androscoggin. The northwest face drains into Silver Stream, then into Chickwolnepy Stream and the Androscoggin.

The summit of Old Speck is on the southern boundary of Grafton Notch State Park. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs along the Mahoosuc Range, 0.3 miles (0.5 km) west of the summit of Old Speck. A short side trail runs from the Appalachian Trail to the summit of the mountain. There is a fire tower, which is no longer used for fire spotting but is now used to obtain a better view (from the ground, views are limited as the summit is wooded, but an excellent 360 degree view is present for those who ascend the fire tower). Speck Pond is located below the mountain's summit, at 3,400 feet (1,000 m), and provides an ideal spot for the more adventurous of fly fishers, because it is annually stocked with brook trout. The Appalachian Trail descends 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from a location near the summit of Old Speck Mountain to the pond.

Old Speck Mountain seen from the bottom of Grafton Notch

References

↑ "Old Speck, Maine". Peakbagger.com.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Speck
↑ "Old Speck". SummitPost.org.

4000-foot mountains of New England

Maine

Baxter State Park	Katahdin (Baxter) Katahdin (Hamlin) North Brother

High Peaks	Abraham Crocker Redington Saddleback Saddleback, The Horn South Crocker Spaulding Sugarloaf

Bigelow Range	Bigelow (Avery) Bigelow (West)

Eastern White Mountains	Old Speck

New Hampshire

Northern ranges	Cabot Waumbek

Carter-Moriah Range	Carter Dome Middle Carter Moriah South Carter Wildcat (A) Wildcat (D)

Presidential Range	Adams Eisenhower Isolation Jackson Jefferson Madison Monroe Pierce Washington

Crawford Notch area	Field Tom Willey

Twin Range	Bond Bond (West) Bondcliff Galehead Hale North Twin South Twin Zealand

Pemigewasset Wilderness	Carrigain Hancock (North) Hancock (South) Owl's Head

Sandwich Range	Osceola Osceola (East) Tripyramid (Middle) Tripyramid (North) Passaconaway Tecumseh Whiteface

Franconia Range	Flume Garfield Lafayette Liberty Lincoln

Western White Mountains	Cannon Kinsman (North) Kinsman (South) Moosilauke

Vermont

Green Mountains	Abraham Camel's Hump Ellen Killington Mansfield

Androscoggin River watershed

Tributaries	Alder River Bear River Cathance River Chickwolnepy Stream Clear Stream Concord River Cupsuptic River Dead Cambridge River Dead Diamond River Dead River (ME) Dead River (NH) Dead River (Sabattus) East Branch Cupsuptic River East Branch Dead Diamond River East Branch Nezinscot River East Branch Pleasant River East Branch Swift River Ellis River First East Branch Magalloway River Kennebago River Little Androscoggin River Little Dead Diamond River Little East Branch Cupsuptic River Little Magalloway River Little River Magalloway River Middle Branch Dead Diamond River Middle Branch Little Magalloway River Mollidgewock Brook Moose Brook Moose River Muddy River Nezinscot River Peabody River Pleasant River Rangeley River Rapid River Rattle River Sabattus River Sanborn River Second East Branch Magalloway River South Branch Little Dead Diamond River South Branch Sunday River Sunday River Swift Cambridge River Swift Diamond River Swift River Third East Branch Magalloway River Webb River West Branch Dead Diamond River West Branch Ellis River West Branch Little Dead Diamond River West Branch Little Magalloway River West Branch Magalloway River West Branch Nezinscot River West Branch Peabody River West Branch Pleasant River West Branch Swift River Wild River

Lakes	Akers Pond Androscoggin Lake Lake Auburn Aziscohos Lake Echo Lake Greenough Pond Kennebago Lake Mooselookmeguntic Lake Parker Pond Parmachenee Lake Pontook Reservoir Range Ponds Rangeley Lake Richardson Lakes Sabattus Pond Thompson Lake Tripp Pond Success Pond Umbagog Lake Webb Lake

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Landmarks	Brown Company Maine Central Railroad Old Speck Mountain Range Ponds State Park Rumford Mill St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad White Mountains

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Old Speck Mountain

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