Shaw Mountain
Shaw Mountain rises to 493 m in Maine. Boundary Bald Mountain stands 1,094 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pebble Beach, a beach 1.5 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q33147534, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 493 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 22.8 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Kineo Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Kineo: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Poplar Hill: 7.9 mi
- Norcross Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Mount Kineo State Park: 2.0 mi
- Day Academy Grant Public Reserved Land: 2.0 mi
- Rockwood Strip E Public Reserved Land: 5.6 mi
- Moose River Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Rockwood Strip W Public Reserved Land: 6.1 mi
- Cold Stream Falls: 23.5 mi
- Stair Falls: 23.7 mi
- Billings Falls: 23.7 mi
- Indian Stream Falls: 24.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 24.4 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 9.2 mi
- Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 10.9 mi
- Little Claw Campsite: 12.1 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 18.6 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 18.7 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 18.8 mi
- Trickey Bluffs: 21.8 mi
- The Jaws: 24.7 mi
- Parlin Pond Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Attean View Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.5 mi
- Askwith: 9.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Shaw Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Bald Mountain | W 278° | 1,094 m | 24.1 mi |
| Baker Mountain | SE 124° | 1,063 m | 18.4 mi |
| Big Spencer Mountain | ENE 73° | 980 m | 13.4 mi |
| Big Moose Mountain | S 180° | 967 m | 16.3 mi |
| West Peak | ESE 121° | 965 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | SE 124° | 963 m | 15.9 mi |
| Little Spencer Mountain | ENE 73° | 912 m | 8.9 mi |
| Number Four Mountain | ESE 117° | 851 m | 16.3 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 | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 575329 — Shaw Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358224047
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