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Shagg Crag

Shagg Crag, seen from above at true elevation

Shagg Crag is a cliff in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 474 m. Spruce Mountain stands 732 m to the west-southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
60 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.43282, -70.52640

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Little Concord Pond State Park: 0.5 mi
  • Water Supply Land: 3.9 mi
  • Water Supply Land: 5.0 mi
  • Buck's Ledge Community Forest: 6.9 mi
  • Glassface Mountain Conservation Area: 7.0 mi
Parks
  • Concord Pond State Water Access: 1.7 mi
  • Concord Pond State Water Access: 1.7 mi
  • Rumford Public Boat Access: 5.9 mi
  • Hastings Landing: 6.9 mi
  • Woodstock Athletic Fields: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 17
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 9
Beaches: 6
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Gage Rice Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Keoka Lake Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Stinchfield Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Long Lake Beach: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Rumford Falls: 7.4 mi
  • The Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Kezar Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Kees Falls: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Oxford County Fairground: 16.7 mi
  • Oxford Casino: 22.3 mi
  • Moose Cave: 22.7 mi
  • Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 23.0 mi
  • Lakeside Grange #63: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Rumford Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Middle School Community Garden: 12.3 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 15.0 mi
  • UMF Community Garden: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 3
Springs: 2
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Cooper Spring: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Shagg Crag. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainWSW 239°732 m3.3 mi
Mount ZirconNNW 331°677 m3.3 mi
Black MountainE 80°649 m3.2 mi
Speckled MountainENE 57°645 m0.9 mi
Chamberlain MountainW 267°629 m4.5 mi
Mollyockett MountainS 191°611 m3.2 mi
Little Mount ZirconNNW 335°583 m3.7 mi
Bean MountainNW 316°578 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice04:5819:4620:31
September equinox06:3018:0318:42
December solstice07:1615:1816:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929425564696760473524
Precip in3.32.43.24.13.76.14.54.73.75.04.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/862891953

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