Bluff Mountain
Bluff Mountain rises to 769 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the east-southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Mountain, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 769 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Number Four Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Baker Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Lily Bay Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Shaw Mountain South Summit: 4.0 mi
- Billings Falls: 7.4 mi
- Stair Falls: 7.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.9 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 8.7 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 9.2 mi
- Baker Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Beaver Cove Public Reserved Land: 2.7 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 6.0 mi
- Shawtown Public Reserved Land: 6.8 mi
- Lily Bay State Park: 8.7 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 18.9 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 20.5 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 20.6 mi
- Davis Field: 23.3 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 24.0 mi
- The Jaws: 8.3 mi
- Barren Slide: 13.0 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 14.2 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 14.5 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 20.7 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 14.3 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 19.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 18.3 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 23.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Askwith: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Bluff Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,109 m | 6.8 mi |
| Baker Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,063 m | 2.2 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | ESE 120° | 980 m | 8.6 mi |
| Big Spencer Mountain | NNW 344° | 980 m | 12.6 mi |
| West Peak | SE 136° | 965 m | 5.3 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | W 260° | 963 m | 3.2 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | ESE 113° | 948 m | 9.3 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | SE 127° | 944 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:45 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:07 | 15:57 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562618 — Bluff Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358212251
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