Rum Mountain
Rum Mountain rises to 582 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Blair Hill, a peak 3.3 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33146135, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 582 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Blair Hill: 3.3 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Prong Pond Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 5.3 mi
- Burnt Jacket Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Lily Bay State Park: 7.2 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 8.1 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 8.5 mi
- Baker Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Sugar Island Public Reserved Land: 9.6 mi
- Indian Stream Falls: 4.7 mi
- Vaughn Stream Falls: 5.3 mi
- Slugundy Upper Falls: 5.8 mi
- Slugundy Lower Falls: 5.9 mi
- Thompson Brook Lower Falls: 6.1 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 14.1 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 14.3 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 20.2 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 20.2 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 22.2 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 4.4 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 22.0 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 22.9 mi
- dih cheese fort: 24.3 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 8.5 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 16.0 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 22.3 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 24.3 mi
- Barren Slide: 6.7 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- The Jaws: 8.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Monument Square: 24.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 18.7 mi
- Askwith: 18.9 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Rum Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,109 m | 13.5 mi |
| Baker Mountain | NE 39° | 1,063 m | 8.4 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | ENE 73° | 980 m | 14.4 mi |
| Big Moose Mountain | W 273° | 967 m | 10.2 mi |
| West Peak | ENE 65° | 965 m | 11.0 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | NNE 22° | 963 m | 8.5 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | ENE 72° | 948 m | 15.7 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | ENE 73° | 944 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:45 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:08 | 15:58 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 574577 — Rum Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223611
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