Mount Pisgah

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Mount Pisgah rises to 1,006 m in Maine. Snow Mountain stands 1,198 m to the south-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Boundary Mountains Preserve, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Pisgah (French: Mont Pisgah) is a mountain on the border between the Canadian province of Quebec, in the region of Estrie, and the American state of Maine (United States United), which is part of the Appalachian Mountains; it rises to 1,023 metres (3,356 ft) of altitude.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q23604099, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,006 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Route des Sommets, National
- 26.2 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.4 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Montagnes Bleues: 2.2 mi
- Sisk Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Montagne Caribou: 3.6 mi
- Indian Stream Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Bag Pond Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Flagstaff Cox Farm: 16.1 mi
- Flagstaff Ellsworth Farm: 16.6 mi
- Flagstaff Wing Community: 16.9 mi
- Flagstaff Charles Ricker Farm: 17.5 mi
- Flagstaff Abil Smith Farm: 17.6 mi
- Boundary Mountains Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Coburn Gore Forest Conservation Easement: 5.9 mi
- Boundary Headwaters Conserved Land: 8.2 mi
- Réserve écologique du Mont-Gosford: 11.3 mi
- King and Bartlett Public Reserved Land: 14.9 mi
- Sarampus Falls: 5.8 mi
- Shadagee Falls: 8.9 mi
- Holeb Falls: 18.7 mi
- Grand Falls: 22.1 mi
- Long Falls: 24.7 mi
- Blanchard Park: 19.6 mi
- Little Big Wood Pond Access: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Mount Pisgah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,198 m | 6.1 mi |
| White Cap Mountain | SW 218° | 1,166 m | 12.2 mi |
| Kennebago Divide | SW 215° | 1,151 m | 12.8 mi |
| Kibby Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,114 m | 6.5 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,091 m | 10.7 mi |
| Boil Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,084 m | 9.7 mi |
| Onion Hill | SSW 199° | 1,027 m | 8.9 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,019 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 04:55 | 19:50 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:14 | 16:03 |
Local time (America/Toronto).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 43 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eustis, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573451 — Mount Pisgah, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223012
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