Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 715 m in Maine. Puzzle Mountain stands 953 m to the west-southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitecap Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America; geonames ID = 4958553.
Wikidata Q33137043, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 715 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 9.9 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 15 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 18 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 23 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitecap Mountain: 1.4 mi
- South Twin Mountain: 1.8 mi
- North Twin Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Red Hill: 2.4 mi
- Farmers Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mexico Rec Park: 3.7 mi
- Stephens High School Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- Strathglass Park: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Green: 5.0 mi
- Chisholm Park: 5.1 mi
- Irl Osborne Brown and Julia Gertrude Brown Memorial Forest: 3.0 mi
- Emma's Easement at Farmers Hill: 3.4 mi
- Pennacook Area Community Trails: 3.8 mi
- Water Supply Lands: 3.9 mi
- Glassface Mountain Conservation Area: 4.9 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 14.3 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 14.5 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 14.5 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 21.2 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 11.5 mi
- Shagg Crag: 11.8 mi
- Goss Ledge: 11.9 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Rumford Falls: 5.5 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 13.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 14.2 mi
- Smalls falls: 19.9 mi
- Kees Falls: 22.6 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 24.8 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 5.2 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 14.3 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 24.8 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 7.5 mi
- Mountain fountain: 17.7 mi
- Cooper Spring: 23.7 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Moose Cave: 14.7 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 20.5 mi
- Smalls Falls: 19.9 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 21.0 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puzzle Mountain | WSW 251° | 953 m | 7.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | W 273° | 918 m | 8.9 mi |
| West Mountain | NNE 19° | 832 m | 10.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 281° | 830 m | 10.8 mi |
| Plumbago Mountain | WSW 241° | 813 m | 6.6 mi |
| Walker Mountain | NNE 26° | 809 m | 8.8 mi |
| Little Puzzle Mountain | WSW 258° | 782 m | 6.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NE 45° | 771 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:18 | 16:06 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212105
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