Black Nubble
Black Nubble rises to 479 m in Maine. Coburn Mountain stands 1,055 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Johns Hill, a peak 2.7 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States of America; geonames ID = 4958564.
Wikidata Q33137064, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 479 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 27.6 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Johns Hill: 2.7 mi
- Burnt Nubble: 3.1 mi
- Knights Pond Hill: 3.4 mi
- Little Indian Hill: 4.3 mi
- Mosquito Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Shirley Bog: 5.8 mi
- Moxie Gore Public Reserved Land: 6.9 mi
- The Forks Plantation N Public Reserved Land: 7.0 mi
- Bald Mountain Township Public Reserved Land: 7.3 mi
- West Forks NE Public Reserved Land: 9.0 mi
- Moxie Falls: 6.0 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 12.6 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 16.2 mi
- Little Wilson Upper Falls: 16.6 mi
- Thompson Brook Upper Falls: 16.7 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 6.1 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 14.7 mi
- Quimby Field: 21.7 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 23.0 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 10.7 mi
- Flagstaff Ledge House: 23.2 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 23.7 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 24.6 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 7.8 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 12.4 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 12.6 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 24.8 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 16.9 mi
- Barren Slide: 20.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Spring water: 21.4 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 21.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Black Nubble. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coburn Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,055 m | 16.8 mi |
| Big Moose Mountain | NNE 31° | 967 m | 9.5 mi |
| Moxie Mountain | SSW 200° | 893 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bean Brook Mountain | NW 306° | 815 m | 19.5 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | WNW 291° | 811 m | 14.6 mi |
| Granny Cap | W 277° | 806 m | 17.9 mi |
| Shutdown Mountain | W 281° | 755 m | 19.1 mi |
| Pierce Pond Mountain | WSW 247° | 754 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:46 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:10 | 16:00 |
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 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212132
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