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Little Mount Zircon

Little Mount Zircon, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mount Zircon rises to 583 m in Maine. Spruce Mountain stands 732 m to the south-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Zircon, a peak 0.5 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33140604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
583 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.48145, -70.55756

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Water Supply Land: 0.8 mi
  • Water Supply Land: 1.3 mi
  • Glassface Mountain Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
  • Little Concord Pond State Park: 3.9 mi
  • Irl Osborne Brown and Julia Gertrude Brown Memorial Forest: 5.4 mi
Parks
  • Rumford Public Boat Access: 2.4 mi
  • Concord Pond State Water Access: 2.5 mi
  • Concord Pond State Water Access: 2.6 mi
  • Hastings Landing: 3.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 9
Waterfalls: 6
  • Rumford Falls: 4.0 mi
  • The Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Kees Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Angel Falls: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Rumford Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Middle School Community Garden: 15.9 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 18.4 mi
  • UMF Community Garden: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Gage Rice Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Keoka Lake Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Stinchfield Beach: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Cooper Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Moose Cave: 19.9 mi
  • Oxford County Fairground: 20.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 21.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Little Mount Zircon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainSSW 195°732 m5.3 mi
Black MountainNNW 331°715 m8.1 mi
Mount ZirconS 185°677 m0.5 mi
Whitecap MountainNW 321°655 m8.0 mi
South Twin MountainNNW 342°655 m8.9 mi
Black MountainESE 121°649 m5.4 mi
Speckled MountainSE 141°645 m3.7 mi
Chamberlain MountainSW 219°629 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:55
June solstice04:5819:4620:31
September equinox06:3018:0318:42
December solstice07:1615:1816:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929425564696760473524
Precip in3.32.43.24.13.76.14.54.73.75.04.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358221554

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