Saddleback Mountain (Rangeley, Maine)

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Saddleback Mountain
Elevation	1,256 metres (4,120 feet)
Location	Franklin County, Maine, USA
Prominence	746 m (2,446 ft)
Coordinates	44°56′12″N, 070°30′11″W
Topo map	USGS Saddleback Mountain
Listing	New England 4000 footers

Saddleback Mountain is a mountain located in Rangeley, Franklin County, Maine. Saddleback is one of the highest mountains in the State of Maine, and one of the fourteen with more than 2000 ft. of topographic prominence. Saddleback is flanked to the northeast by Saddleback Horn.

The northwest side of Saddleback drains into Saddleback Lake, thence into Redington Stream, the South Branch of the Dead River, the Kennebec River, and into the Gulf of Maine. The southeast side of Saddleback drains into Winship and Conant Streams, thence Orbeton Stream, and the Sandy River, another tributary of the Kennebec. The southwest end of Saddleback drains into Cascade Stream, thence into Rangeley Lake, Rangeley River, Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Upper and Lower Richardson Lakes, Rapid River, Umbagog Lake, and the Androscoggin River, which drains into Merrymeeting Bay, the estuary of the Kennebec River.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs along the ridge of Saddleback, crossing the summit. The mountain is the site of Saddleback ski resort.

[edit] See also

• List of mountains in Maine
• Saddleback Mountain

[edit] External links

• USGS GNIS: Saddleback Mountain
• Saddleback Mountain on Topozone
• PeakBagger.com: Saddleback Mountain
• summitpost.org: Saddleback Mountain

• Saddleback ski resort

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 • Jackson • Jefferson • Isolation • 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