Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 649 m in Maine. Spruce Mountain stands 732 m to the west-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Allen Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 562463).
Wikidata Q33137036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 649 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 25 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 28 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 28 mi
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Concord Pond State Water Access: 4.5 mi
- Dixfield Carry-In Boat Access: 5.7 mi
- Rumford Public Boat Access: 7.0 mi
- Hartford Town Beach: 7.3 mi
- Donald E. Hutchins Memorial Ballfield: 7.4 mi
- Allen Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Tumbledown Dick Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Benson Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.0 mi
- Speckled Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Little Concord Pond State Park: 3.6 mi
- Water Supply Land: 5.1 mi
- LeBlanc Rivershore Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Glassface Mountain Conservation Area: 8.9 mi
- Stevens Island Rivershore Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- World War Honor Roll: 15.2 mi
- Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll: 15.2 mi
- Norway 1917-1918 Honor Roll: 16.2 mi
- Shagg Crag: 3.2 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Berry Ledge: 8.9 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 10.1 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 12.4 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 12.7 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 16.2 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 16.3 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 16.3 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 11.8 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 19.2 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 20.9 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 21.3 mi
- Keoka Lake Beach: 22.0 mi
- Rumford Falls: 7.9 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 23.4 mi
- Kezar Falls: 24.1 mi
- Kees Falls: 24.8 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 8.2 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 16.2 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 22.2 mi
- Fisher Man: 23.8 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 15.7 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 22.1 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 17.5 mi
- Oxford Casino: 22.5 mi
- Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 24.4 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 6.0 mi
- Cooper Spring: 11.9 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Mountain | WSW 249° | 732 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Zircon | WNW 297° | 677 m | 5.2 mi |
| Speckled Mountain | W 270° | 645 m | 2.3 mi |
| Chamberlain Mountain | W 264° | 629 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mollyockett Mountain | SW 225° | 611 m | 5.2 mi |
| Little Mount Zircon | WNW 301° | 583 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bean Mountain | WNW 286° | 578 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hemingway Mountain | WNW 294° | 571 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562463 — Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212103
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