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Big Boardman Mountain

Big Boardman Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Big Boardman Mountain rises to 658 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the south-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Boardman Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33136852, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
658 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.61032, -69.19727

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 27
  • Cooper Brook Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Gauntlet Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Tumbledown Dick Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Hays Brook Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Mud Gauntlet Falls: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Parks: 12
  • Davis Field: 19.4 mi
  • Sebec Lake Boat Access: 22.4 mi
  • Little Claw Campsite: 23.2 mi
  • Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 23.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • Veterans Memorial: 21.9 mi
  • Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 23.8 mi
  • Little Italy Veterans: 24.0 mi
  • World Wars Memorial: 24.1 mi
  • Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Abol Beach Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • Togue Pond Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Foster Field Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
  • Rum Brook Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Slide Dam Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Big Omaha Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 21.7 mi
Springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Big Boardman Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Cap MountainSSW 212°1,109 m4.5 mi
Baker MountainWSW 254°1,063 m9.9 mi
Little Spruce MountainS 191°980 m5.1 mi
Big Spencer MountainNW 314°980 m16.5 mi
West PeakSW 227°965 m6.6 mi
Lily Bay MountainW 264°963 m11.6 mi
Big Shanty MountainS 179°948 m4.3 mi
Big Spruce MountainSSW 204°944 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1018:49
June solstice04:4819:4420:30
September equinox06:2417:5718:36
December solstice07:1515:0715:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626385161666557453322
Precip in3.02.43.23.63.64.04.04.03.45.04.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, 22 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562135 — Big Boardman Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358211790

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