Mount Kineo
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Mount Kineo rises to 544 m in Maine. Boundary Bald Mountain stands 1,094 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pebble Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Kineo is a prominent geological feature located on a 1,150-acre (470 ha) peninsula that extends from the easterly shore of Moosehead Lake in the northern forest of Maine. With 700-foot (210 m) cliffs rising straight up from the water, it is the central feature of Mount Kineo State Park, a protected area of 800 acres (320 ha) managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q8519299, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 544 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shaw Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Kineo Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Poplar Hill: 6.4 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Cornish Hill: 8.3 mi
- Mount Kineo State Park: 0.6 mi
- Day Academy Grant Public Reserved Land: 3.8 mi
- Rockwood Strip E Public Reserved Land: 3.9 mi
- Moose River Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Rockwood Strip W Public Reserved Land: 4.4 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 21.7 mi
- Indian Stream Falls: 23.6 mi
- Stair Falls: 23.7 mi
- Billings Falls: 23.8 mi
- Vaughn Stream Falls: 24.3 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 11.0 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 13.9 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 17.7 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 17.9 mi
- Trickey Bluffs: 21.1 mi
- The Jaws: 24.7 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 0.6 mi
- Askwith: 7.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Mount Kineo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Bald Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,094 m | 23.2 mi |
| Baker Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,063 m | 18.7 mi |
| Big Spencer Mountain | ENE 69° | 980 m | 15.0 mi |
| Big Moose Mountain | S 176° | 967 m | 14.9 mi |
| West Peak | ESE 117° | 965 m | 23.7 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | ESE 117° | 963 m | 16.2 mi |
| Little Spencer Mountain | ENE 67° | 912 m | 10.5 mi |
| Number Four Mountain | ESE 111° | 851 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:47 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 17:59 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:08 | 15:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brassua DAM, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358221205
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