Norcross Mountain
Norcross Mountain rises to 481 m in Maine. Baker Mountain stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access, a park 1.1 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33141882, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 481 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
78 named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Lobster Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Little Spencer Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Little Kineo Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Shaw Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Lobster Lake State Park Property: 4.5 mi
- Day Academy Grant Public Reserved Land: 6.4 mi
- Big Spencer Ecological Reserve: 9.7 mi
- Mount Kineo State Park: 10.2 mi
- Rockwood Strip E Public Reserved Land: 13.7 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 1.1 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 4.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 21.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 21.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 10.0 mi
- Askwith: 17.9 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Norcross Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,063 m | 20.6 mi |
| Big Spencer Mountain | ESE 112° | 980 m | 9.2 mi |
| Big Moose Mountain | S 191° | 967 m | 23.9 mi |
| West Peak | SE 141° | 965 m | 24.8 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | SSE 151° | 963 m | 18.4 mi |
| Little Spencer Mountain | SE 137° | 912 m | 6.2 mi |
| Number Four Mountain | SE 145° | 851 m | 17.8 mi |
| Gulf Hagas Mountain | SE 144° | 814 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:47 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:07 | 15:57 |
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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 572227 — Norcross Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358222390
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