Black Nubble
Black Nubble rises to 618 m in Maine. Little Bigelow Mountain stands 912 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cow Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 562473).
Wikidata Q33137053, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 618 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.2 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cow Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Moxie Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Cates Hill: 2.7 mi
- Dimmick Mountain: 3.8 mi
- South Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Carratunk S Public Reserved Land: 1.9 mi
- Carratunk E Public Reserved Land: 4.1 mi
- Carratunk N Public Reserved Land: 5.0 mi
- The Forks Plantation S Public Reserved Land: 5.9 mi
- Highland Plantation East Public Reserved Land: 7.5 mi
- Flagstaff Ledge House: 13.1 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 14.4 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 15.9 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 16.0 mi
- Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 16.5 mi
- Quimby Field: 9.0 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 12.2 mi
- Embden Pond Boat Access: 18.7 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 19.0 mi
- New Portland Lions Fair: 19.3 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 6.0 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 7.9 mi
- Moxie Falls: 12.5 mi
- Long Falls: 14.4 mi
- Grand Falls: 17.0 mi
- Athens Historical Society Museum: 21.2 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 24.5 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 24.8 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Parsons School: 21.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 24.5 mi
- Spring water: 8.3 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 11.3 mi
- Flagstaff: 15.2 mi
- Riverside Beach: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Black Nubble. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bigelow Mountain | W 259° | 912 m | 15.7 mi |
| Moxie Mountain | NNE 28° | 893 m | 1.8 mi |
| Poplar Mountain | SW 236° | 809 m | 14.5 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | WSW 244° | 773 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 54° | 758 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pierce Pond Mountain | WNW 301° | 754 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pleasant Pond Mountain | N 7° | 746 m | 6.2 mi |
| Basin Mountain | WNW 298° | 716 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212124
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