Columbus Mountain
Columbus Mountain rises to 707 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the north, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Chairback Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q33137906, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 707 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 28.1 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Chairback Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Third Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Roundtop Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Fourth Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Houston Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 2.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 3.9 mi
- Billings Falls: 4.6 mi
- Stair Falls: 4.7 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 2.0 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 3.2 mi
- Silver Lake: 4.5 mi
- Barnard Forest: 4.8 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 6.6 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 10.8 mi
- Davis Field: 12.7 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 13.8 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 13.8 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 18.0 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 15.7 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 15.8 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 15.8 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 17.5 mi
- dih cheese fort: 18.5 mi
- The Jaws: 3.7 mi
- Barren Slide: 6.8 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 4.6 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 16.7 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 17.0 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 18.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Monument Square: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Columbus Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | N 8° | 1,109 m | 7.4 mi |
| Baker Mountain | NW 324° | 1,063 m | 10.4 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | NNE 22° | 980 m | 6.6 mi |
| West Peak | NNW 349° | 965 m | 6.7 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | NW 320° | 963 m | 12.7 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | NNE 28° | 948 m | 7.7 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | N 11° | 944 m | 5.9 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | ENE 57° | 905 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:10 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:08 | 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 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnard, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 564254 — Columbus Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358213647
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