The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 521 m in Maine. Mount Zircon stands 677 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Tumbledown Dick Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America; geonames ID = 4975402.
Wikidata Q33151137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 521 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 26 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 29 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tumbledown Dick Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Poland Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Knights Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 1.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Dixfield Carry-In Boat Access: 3.2 mi
- Concord Pond State Water Access: 6.1 mi
- Donald E. Hutchins Memorial Ballfield: 6.4 mi
- Rumford Public Boat Access: 6.8 mi
- Hartford Town Beach: 6.8 mi
- Water Supply Land: 5.4 mi
- Little Concord Pond State Park: 5.7 mi
- LeBlanc Rivershore Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Stevens Island Rivershore Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area: 8.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 17.4 mi
- World War Honor Roll: 17.5 mi
- Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll: 17.5 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Shagg Crag: 5.2 mi
- Berry Ledge: 11.4 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 12.1 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 12.0 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 14.7 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 17.7 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 18.0 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 18.1 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 14.0 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 18.9 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 20.2 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 23.8 mi
- Town Beach: 24.4 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 7.4 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 18.0 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 19.7 mi
- Fisher Man: 22.1 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 18.1 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 6.5 mi
- Cooper Spring: 14.1 mi
- Rumford Falls: 7.1 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 24.0 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 19.9 mi
- Oxford Casino: 24.6 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Zircon | W 272° | 677 m | 6.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSW 213° | 649 m | 2.5 mi |
| Speckled Mountain | WSW 240° | 645 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mollyockett Mountain | SW 221° | 611 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Mount Zircon | W 277° | 583 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bean Mountain | W 263° | 578 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hemingway Mountain | W 274° | 571 m | 7.3 mi |
| Colonel Holman Mountain | NE 38° | 561 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
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 | 19 | 29 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225036
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