Granny Cap
Granny Cap rises to 806 m in Maine. Tumbledown Mountain stands 1,091 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Shutdown Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33139026, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 806 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Shutdown Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Heald Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Stony Brook Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Flagstaff J.P. Morgan Farm: 14.6 mi
- Flagstaff Glen Viles Place: 14.9 mi
- Flagstaff John Ricker Farm: 15.4 mi
- Flagstaff Viles Farm: 15.5 mi
- Flagstaff Ed Wahl Place: 15.7 mi
- West Forks NW Public Reserved Land: 5.3 mi
- Upper Enchanted Township Public Reserved Land: 5.5 mi
- West Forks Central Public Reserved Land: 7.0 mi
- West Forks SW Public Reserved Land: 7.3 mi
- Bradstreet Township S Public Reserved Land: 7.4 mi
- Grand Falls: 7.2 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 8.6 mi
- Long Falls: 11.8 mi
- Moxie Falls: 12.0 mi
- Holeb Falls: 12.7 mi
- Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 12.0 mi
- Little Big Wood Pond Access: 18.2 mi
- Crocker Pond Access: 21.0 mi
- Blanchard Park: 21.6 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 17.3 mi
- Riverside Beach: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Granny Cap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumbledown Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,091 m | 14.6 mi |
| Coburn Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,055 m | 5.6 mi |
| Number Six Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,007 m | 13.0 mi |
| Spencer Bale Mountain | W 275° | 994 m | 15.5 mi |
| Number Five Mountain | NW 306° | 934 m | 12.4 mi |
| Leroy Peak | WNW 283° | 917 m | 16.0 mi |
| Three Slide Mountain | WNW 287° | 899 m | 12.1 mi |
| Greenlaw Mountain | WNW 296° | 888 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:48 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358220121
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