Kibby Mountain

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Kibby Mountain
Elevation	3,654 feet (1,114 m)
Location	Franklin County, Maine, USA
Prominence	2,260 feet (690 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	45°25.12′N 70°32.66′W / 45.41867, -70.54433Coordinates: 45°25.12′N 70°32.66′W / 45.41867, -70.54433
Topo map	USGS Kibby Mountain
Listing	#26 New England Fifty Finest

Kibby Mountain is a mountain located in Franklin County, Maine, about 3.5 miles (6 km) east of the Canada-United States border. Kibby Mountain is flanked to the southeast by Spencer Bale Mountain.

Kibby Mountain stands within the watershed of the Kennebec River, which drains into the Gulf of Maine. The north side of Kibby Mtn. drains into the East Branch of the Moose River, thence into the South Branch of the Moose, the Moose River, and the Kennebec River. The west side of Kibby Mtn. drains into Caribou Flow, thence into the South Branch of the Moose River. The southwest end of Kibby Mtn. drains into the Middle Branch of Kibby Stream, thence into Spencer Stream and the Dead River, another tributary of the Kennebec. The southeast side of Kibby Mtn. drains into the West Branch of Spencer Stream.

1 Wind farm controversy
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Wind farm controversy

In the mid 1990s, Kibby Mountain entered the public spotlight when a wind farm was proposed for the mountain and neighboring peaks. The project was subject to much public debate in the 1990s and 2000s and has gone through a number of revisions. The latest (2006) 44-turbine proposal, while widely accepted among many former opponents, was still opposed by the advocacy group Friends of the Boundary Mountains in 2007.