Black Nubble
Black Nubble rises to 527 m in Maine. Avery Peak stands 1,234 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Otter Pond Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 562474).
Wikidata Q33137056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 527 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.9 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Otter Pond Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Dead River Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Dixon Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Pierce Pond Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Hurricane Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Flagstaff Ledge House: 12.3 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 12.3 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 12.9 mi
- Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 13.2 mi
- Flagstaff J.P. Morgan Farm: 14.1 mi
- Pierce Pond Watershed: 3.4 mi
- The Forks Plantation S Public Reserved Land: 4.8 mi
- The Forks Plantation N Public Reserved Land: 5.3 mi
- West Forks SW Public Reserved Land: 5.5 mi
- Carratunk N Public Reserved Land: 5.6 mi
- Moxie Falls: 6.8 mi
- Grand Falls: 8.5 mi
- Long Falls: 9.1 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 11.4 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 16.4 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 6.6 mi
- Quimby Field: 18.9 mi
- Blanchard Park: 21.9 mi
- Kingfield Town Park: 24.5 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 24.7 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 4.6 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 24.5 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 24.7 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 11.5 mi
- Riverside Beach: 17.3 mi
- Spring water: 17.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Black Nubble. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avery Peak | SW 226° | 1,234 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | SW 228° | 1,227 m | 15.9 mi |
| West Peak | SW 228° | 1,222 m | 15.9 mi |
| Coburn Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,055 m | 12.2 mi |
| Little Bigelow Mountain | SW 218° | 912 m | 14.2 mi |
| Moxie Mountain | SE 131° | 893 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bean Brook Mountain | NNW 345° | 815 m | 16.6 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | NNW 347° | 811 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:12 | 16:01 |
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 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212126
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