Big Shanty Mountain
Big Shanty Mountain rises to 948 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the west, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Shanty Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33136902, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 948 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 21.1 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Shanty Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Spruce Mountain: 1.3 mi
- White Cap Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Big Spruce Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Hay Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 7.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.6 mi
- Gauntlet Falls: 7.8 mi
- Billings Falls: 7.9 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 3.9 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 5.9 mi
- Silver Lake: 6.4 mi
- Beaver Cove Public Reserved Land: 6.9 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 8.2 mi
- Davis Field: 15.4 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 18.5 mi
- Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 20.2 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 20.6 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 20.7 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 20.1 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 20.2 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 20.3 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 23.2 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 24.4 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 7.2 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 22.6 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 22.9 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 24.0 mi
- The Jaws: 7.6 mi
- Barren Slide: 13.6 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 24.8 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 24.9 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 19.5 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 24.6 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Big Shanty Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | W 281° | 1,109 m | 2.5 mi |
| Baker Mountain | W 279° | 1,063 m | 9.7 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | SW 235° | 980 m | 1.3 mi |
| West Peak | W 268° | 965 m | 4.9 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | WNW 284° | 963 m | 12.1 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | WSW 247° | 944 m | 2.7 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SE 133° | 905 m | 3.9 mi |
| Jo-Mary Mountain | NE 53° | 883 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:07 | 15:56 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnard, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211872
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