Black Cat Mountain
Black Cat Mountain rises to 258 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hammond Ridge, a peak 1.6 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34835752, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 258 m
How to reach it
- On the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hammond Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Trout Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Shack Hill: 8.6 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Kelloch Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Grand Falls: 9.6 mi
- Abol Falls: 9.8 mi
- Tumbledown Dick Falls: 12.2 mi
- Nesowadnehunk Falls: 12.9 mi
- Cooper Brook Falls: 13.7 mi
- Swimmin' Hole: 7.0 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 7.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Kermit Crandall Park: 7.6 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 7.6 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 15.3 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 15.4 mi
- Salmon Stream Lake Scenic Area: 17.1 mi
- Gantniers Landing Scenic Area: 18.7 mi
- Seboeis Public Reserved Land: 19.2 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 7.5 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 7.9 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 8.0 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 8.0 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 7.6 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Windey Pitch: 10.9 mi
- The Gateway: 13.5 mi
- Table Land: 13.8 mi
- Snub Pitch: 21.5 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 10.9 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.6 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 5.9 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 22.4 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 6.3 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 6.7 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 13.2 mi
- Caribou Spring: 14.8 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 6.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Black Cat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | NNW 340° | 1,605 m | 13.3 mi |
| South Peak | NNW 341° | 1,603 m | 13.1 mi |
| Pamola | NNW 344° | 1,495 m | 13.2 mi |
| Chimney Peak | NNW 343° | 1,491 m | 13.2 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | NNW 341° | 1,446 m | 14.7 mi |
| Howe Peaks | NNW 342° | 1,416 m | 15.3 mi |
| North Brother | NNW 335° | 1,235 m | 17.9 mi |
| South Brother | NNW 332° | 1,208 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:43 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:04 | 15:54 |
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 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212042
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