Granite Mountain
Granite Mountain rises to 223 m in Maine. Barren Mountain stands 742 m to the north, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ragged Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33139023, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 223 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ragged Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Garcock Hill: 1.8 mi
- Poverty Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Davis Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 0.7 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 5.9 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 6.0 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 8.8 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 8.9 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 2.6 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 6.8 mi
- Little Wilson Lower Falls: 7.6 mi
- Little Wilson Upper Falls: 8.3 mi
- Thompson Brook Lower Falls: 9.1 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 6.8 mi
- Law Farm Nature Trails: 9.8 mi
- Delano Wildlife Management Area: 10.1 mi
- Barnard Forest: 10.7 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 12.4 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 8.1 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 8.9 mi
- dih cheese fort: 9.5 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 16.7 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 16.7 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 7.5 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 13.3 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 13.3 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Barren Slide: 8.6 mi
- The Jaws: 13.2 mi
- Monument Square: 9.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Cannon Monument: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barren Mountain | N 351° | 742 m | 8.5 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | N 7° | 714 m | 9.6 mi |
| Columbus Mountain | NNE 19° | 707 m | 11.3 mi |
| Chairback Mountain | NNE 21° | 668 m | 12.0 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 12° | 610 m | 10.6 mi |
| Borestone Mountain East Peak | NNW 333° | 604 m | 6.4 mi |
| Russell Mountain | WSW 253° | 596 m | 14.0 mi |
| Rum Mountain | NNW 329° | 582 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:09 | 15:58 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sebec Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358220120
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