Black Pinnacle
Black Pinnacle rises to 599 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the south, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaw Mountain South Summit, a peak 2.3 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137071, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 599 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shaw Mountain South Summit: 2.3 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Long Ridge: 2.5 mi
- Trout Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Shaw Mountain Middle Summit: 3.0 mi
- Cooper Brook Falls: 8.4 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- Billings Falls: 9.4 mi
- Stair Falls: 9.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.6 mi
- Shawtown Public Reserved Land: 3.8 mi
- Beaver Cove Public Reserved Land: 5.0 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 5.1 mi
- Baker Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land: 8.9 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 22.9 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Slide Dam Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- The Jaws: 9.8 mi
- Barren Slide: 15.8 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- The Gateway: 24.2 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 20.8 mi
- Davis Field: 21.2 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 22.2 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 23.4 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 12.7 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 21.5 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 23.6 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 18.3 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 19.4 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 19.6 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 18.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 23.1 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 23.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.6 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Black Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | S 172° | 1,109 m | 4.5 mi |
| Baker Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,063 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | SSE 160° | 980 m | 6.0 mi |
| Big Spencer Mountain | NW 321° | 980 m | 14.0 mi |
| West Peak | SSW 200° | 965 m | 5.4 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | WSW 258° | 963 m | 8.8 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | SSE 148° | 948 m | 5.8 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | S 174° | 944 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:45 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:07 | 15:56 |
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, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562478 — Black Pinnacle, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212137
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