Barren Mountain
Barren Mountain rises to 742 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Barren Slide, a cliff 1.4 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33136568, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 742 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 29.4 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fourth Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Borestone Mountain East Peak: 3.1 mi
- Borestone Mountain West Peak: 3.1 mi
- Benson Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Greenwood Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Slugundy Lower Falls: 2.0 mi
- Slugundy Upper Falls: 2.4 mi
- Vaughn Stream Falls: 2.8 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 4.6 mi
- Little Wilson Lower Falls: 4.7 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 4.5 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 6.7 mi
- Barnard Forest: 8.7 mi
- Silver Lake: 9.8 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 7.8 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 12.9 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 13.0 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 13.1 mi
- Davis Field: 16.3 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 11.2 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 11.3 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 11.3 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 16.2 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 17.0 mi
- Barren Slide: 1.4 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 4.4 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 5.2 mi
- The Jaws: 5.3 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 9.7 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 11.3 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 15.6 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 17.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Monument Square: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Barren Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,109 m | 11.3 mi |
| Baker Mountain | N 354° | 1,063 m | 10.8 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | NE 41° | 980 m | 11.2 mi |
| West Peak | NNE 22° | 965 m | 9.6 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | NNW 345° | 963 m | 12.6 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | NE 43° | 948 m | 12.5 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | NE 37° | 944 m | 10.1 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | ENE 60° | 905 m | 13.1 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 | 19:44 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211377
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