Barren Slide
Barren Slide is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 460 m. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Slugundy Lower Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 460 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 28.0 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Barren Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Borestone Mountain West Peak: 2.4 mi
- Borestone Mountain East Peak: 2.4 mi
- Greenwood Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Fourth Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Slugundy Lower Falls: 0.8 mi
- Slugundy Upper Falls: 1.0 mi
- Vaughn Stream Falls: 1.5 mi
- Indian Stream Falls: 3.4 mi
- Little Wilson Lower Falls: 3.5 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 5.5 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 8.0 mi
- Delano Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Barnard Forest: 10.1 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 8.0 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 11.9 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 13.6 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 13.7 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 16.9 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 9.9 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 10.0 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 16.5 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 16.8 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 9.8 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 11.1 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 16.0 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 17.9 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 3.1 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 3.8 mi
- The Jaws: 6.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Monument Square: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Barren Slide. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | NE 37° | 1,109 m | 12.3 mi |
| Baker Mountain | N 1° | 1,063 m | 11.0 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | NE 46° | 980 m | 12.4 mi |
| West Peak | NNE 29° | 965 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | N 352° | 963 m | 12.5 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | NE 47° | 948 m | 13.6 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | NE 42° | 944 m | 11.1 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | ENE 62° | 905 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:45 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:08 | 15:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358211381
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