Goose Eye Mountain

Goose Eye Mountain

Infobox Mountain
Name = Goose Eye Mountain
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Elevation = 1,180 metres (3,870 feet)
Prominence = 420 m (1,320 ft)
Location = Oxford County, Maine
Range = Mahoosuc Range
Coordinates = coord|44|30.17|N|70|59.97|W |type:mountain_region:US |display=title,inline
Topographic
USGS "Old Speck Mountain"
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Listing = nowrap| #78 New England 100 Highest

Goose Eye Mountain is a mountain located in Oxford County, Maine, about 1 mi. (2 km) east of the New Hampshire-Maine border. The mountain is the second-highest peak of the Mahoosuc Range of the White Mountains. Goose Eye Mtn. is flanked to the northeast by Fulling Mill Mountain, and to the southwest by Mount Carlo.

Goose Eye Mountain stands within the watershed of the Androscoggin River, which wraps around the Mahoosuc Range and drains into Merrymeeting Bay, the estuary of the Kennebec River, and thence into the Gulf of Maine.The south side of Goose Eye drains via various streams into Sunday River and the Androscoggin.The northeast side of Goose Eye drains into Goose Eye Brook, thence into Sunday River.The west side of the mountain drains via various streams into the South Branch of Stearns Brook, and thence into the Androscoggin.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, meets the Goose Eye Trail on the summit ridge of Goose Eye Mtn. about 0.1 mi. (200 m) east of the summit, and continues east and then north to the mountain's North Peak (3,675 ft).

See also

* List of mountains in Maine
* New England Hundred Highest

External links

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* [http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6888 PeakBagger.com: Goose Eye Mountain]


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