Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 830 m in Maine. Old Speck Mountain stands 1,263 m to the west-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregg Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Grafton Notch Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America; geonames ID = 4958551.
Wikidata Q33137046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 830 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 16.5 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 16.5 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 5 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 17 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 21 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gregg Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Baldpate Mountain: 2.0 mi
- East Peak: 2.0 mi
- Baldpate Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Dresser Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land: 1.5 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 2.7 mi
- Step Falls Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (North Tract): 5.2 mi
- Stowe Mountain Conservation Easement: 5.3 mi
- Andover Common: 5.2 mi
- Moran's Landing: 9.4 mi
- Angevine Park: 13.1 mi
- Hastings Landing: 13.7 mi
- Davis Park: 14.2 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 1.7 mi
- C Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Goss Ledge: 15.2 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 17.2 mi
- Browns Ledge: 19.4 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 16.3 mi
- Smalls Falls: 23.6 mi
- P10: 23.6 mi
- P9: 23.6 mi
- P6: 23.6 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 3.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 13.6 mi
- Rumford Falls: 16.0 mi
- Kees Falls: 19.3 mi
- Crystal Falls: 23.5 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 14.6 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 14.8 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 14.8 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 18.9 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 14.6 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 15.7 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 21.8 mi
- Moose Cave: 4.6 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 24.9 mi
- Mountain fountain: 7.1 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 16.6 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 15.5 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 19.2 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 8.4 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 18.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Speck Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,263 m | 5.9 mi |
| East Peak | W 260° | 1,141 m | 2.0 mi |
| Goose Eye Mountain | SW 223° | 1,132 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mahoosuc Arm | WSW 239° | 1,128 m | 7.2 mi |
| North Peak | SW 225° | 1,111 m | 9.6 mi |
| West Peak | WSW 251° | 1,092 m | 2.6 mi |
| Old Blue Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,091 m | 10.1 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | W 259° | 1,090 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:17 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:48 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:04 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:18 | 16:07 |
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 | 38 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andover 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212111
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