Plumbago Mountain
Plumbago Mountain rises to 813 m in Maine. East Peak stands 1,141 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Puzzle Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Grafton Notch Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33143918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 813 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 16.1 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 10 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 20 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 20 mi
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moran's Landing: 3.8 mi
- Andover Common: 6.8 mi
- Hastings Landing: 7.2 mi
- Davis Park: 8.7 mi
- Angevine Park: 8.9 mi
- Puzzle Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Puzzle Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bean Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mount Dimmock: 2.9 mi
- Howard Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Stewart Family Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Great Brook Preserve Conservation Easement: 2.7 mi
- Emma's Easement at Farmers Hill: 3.7 mi
- Water Supply Lands: 3.9 mi
- Mount Will: 4.5 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 6.8 mi
- Goss Ledge: 8.5 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 10.2 mi
- Payne Ledge: 13.2 mi
- Shagg Crag: 13.4 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 7.6 mi
- Rumford Falls: 10.4 mi
- Kees Falls: 16.5 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.1 mi
- Mad River Falls: 21.2 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 9.2 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 9.4 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 9.4 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 21.4 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 9.9 mi
- Mountain fountain: 12.8 mi
- Cooper Spring: 23.9 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 24.2 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 11.7 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 24.4 mi
- Keoka Lake Beach: 24.9 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 9.1 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 10.2 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 5.4 mi
- Moose Cave: 9.5 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plumbago Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Peak | NW 306° | 1,141 m | 8.4 mi |
| West Peak | WNW 301° | 1,092 m | 8.5 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | NW 305° | 1,090 m | 8.4 mi |
| Little Baldpate Mountain | NW 308° | 1,086 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sunday River Whitecap | W 276° | 1,008 m | 7.1 mi |
| Slide Mountain | W 276° | 972 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wheeler Mountain | SW 231° | 969 m | 9.8 mi |
| Puzzle Mountain | WNW 290° | 953 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:18 | 16:06 |
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 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 6SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358223055
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