Hedgehog Mountain
Hedgehog Mountain rises to 649 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the southeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaw Mountain South Summit, a peak 2.0 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 8.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 567900).
Wikidata Q33139494, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 649 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shaw Mountain South Summit: 2.0 mi
- Black Pinnacle: 2.3 mi
- Shaw Mountain Middle Summit: 2.7 mi
- Shaw Mountain North Summit: 3.1 mi
- Long Ridge: 3.2 mi
- Billings Falls: 7.7 mi
- Stair Falls: 7.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.9 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 8.2 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 8.3 mi
- Beaver Cove Public Reserved Land: 2.7 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 4.1 mi
- Baker Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Shawtown Public Reserved Land: 4.9 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 9.0 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 20.5 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 20.8 mi
- Davis Field: 21.3 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 22.7 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 24.5 mi
- The Jaws: 8.2 mi
- Barren Slide: 14.0 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 12.5 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 21.3 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 23.9 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 17.0 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 17.3 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 19.7 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 20.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 21.4 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Hedgehog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | SE 141° | 1,109 m | 4.2 mi |
| Baker Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,063 m | 5.0 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | SE 138° | 980 m | 6.0 mi |
| Big Spencer Mountain | NNW 330° | 980 m | 13.8 mi |
| West Peak | S 176° | 965 m | 4.0 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | W 263° | 963 m | 6.6 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | SE 126° | 948 m | 6.3 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | SSE 151° | 944 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:45 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358220576
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