Little Shanty Mountain
Little Shanty Mountain rises to 780 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the west, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Shanty Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33140692, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 780 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Shanty Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Spruce Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 3.4 mi
- White Cap Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Big Spruce Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
- Gauntlet Falls: 6.8 mi
- Mud Gauntlet Falls: 6.9 mi
- Cooper Brook Falls: 7.5 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 7.8 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 4.9 mi
- Silver Lake: 6.5 mi
- Beaver Cove Public Reserved Land: 7.9 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 9.1 mi
- Shawtown Public Reserved Land: 9.7 mi
- Davis Field: 15.1 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 19.0 mi
- Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 19.6 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 20.9 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 20.9 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 21.1 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 21.3 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 23.2 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 23.4 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 23.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 23.8 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 23.9 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 24.0 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 7.2 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 21.9 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 23.8 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 24.3 mi
- The Jaws: 8.6 mi
- Barren Slide: 14.5 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 23.5 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 18.8 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Little Shanty Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | W 275° | 1,109 m | 3.5 mi |
| Baker Mountain | W 278° | 1,063 m | 10.7 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | WSW 247° | 980 m | 2.2 mi |
| West Peak | W 267° | 965 m | 5.9 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | WNW 283° | 963 m | 13.0 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | W 263° | 948 m | 1.0 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | WSW 251° | 944 m | 3.7 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SSE 146° | 905 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:07 | 15:56 |
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, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 570054 — Little Shanty Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221594
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