Benson Mountain
Benson Mountain rises to 559 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring Brook Mountain, a peak 3.0 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in Maine, United States of America
Wikidata Q33136811, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 559 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Roaring Brook Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Fourth Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Barren Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Third Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Greenwood Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 5.9 mi
- Barnard Forest: 6.0 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 6.6 mi
- Silver Lake: 8.1 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 4.1 mi
- Slugundy Lower Falls: 5.3 mi
- Slugundy Upper Falls: 5.6 mi
- Vaughn Stream Falls: 6.1 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 6.2 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 6.1 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 10.1 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 10.2 mi
- Davis Field: 13.0 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 13.7 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 13.5 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 14.5 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 14.6 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 14.6 mi
- dih cheese fort: 14.7 mi
- Barren Slide: 4.6 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- The Jaws: 6.7 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 7.7 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 13.0 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 13.7 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 14.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Monument Square: 14.6 mi
- Cannon Monument: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Benson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,109 m | 11.9 mi |
| Baker Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,063 m | 13.2 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | NNE 24° | 980 m | 11.3 mi |
| West Peak | N 4° | 965 m | 10.9 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | NNE 27° | 948 m | 12.4 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | NNE 18° | 944 m | 10.5 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | NE 46° | 905 m | 12.0 mi |
| Gulf Hagas Mountain | N 358° | 814 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 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 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sebec Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211719
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