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The Horn

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1 225 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

143 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 897 m

About

The Horn (or Saddleback Horn) is a mountain located in Franklin County, Maine. The Horn is flanked to the southwest by the main summit of Saddleback Mountain, to the northeast by Saddleback Junior, and to the northwest by Potato Nubble.

The Horn drains to the northeast into Redington Stream, then into the South Branch of the Dead River, the Kennebec River, and into the Gulf of Maine. The Horn drains to the west into Saddleback Lake, then into Redington Stream. The Horn drains to the south into Winship Stream, then into Conant Stream, Orbeton Stream, and the Sandy River, another tributary of the Kennebec. The Horn drains to the southeast into Hardy Stream, then into Orbeton Stream.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170 mi (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs along the ridge of Saddleback, including the summit of The Horn.

There's a trail called Appalachian National Scenic Trail leading to the summit. The Horn is one of the 311 peaks along the multi-day Appalachian Trail.

By elevation The Horn is

# 6 out of 209 in Franklin County
# 20 out of 2903 in Maine
# 19 out of 683 in the Longfellow Mountains

By prominence The Horn is

# 71 out of 209 in Franklin County