The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 459 m in Maine. Spruce Mountain stands 732 m to the northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Hills, a peak 0.8 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 576895).
Wikidata Q33151096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 459 m
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 21.7 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Evans Notch Overlook · 25 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 25 mi
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
- Table Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Paris Ballfields: 4.1 mi
- Willard Park: 4.4 mi
- Courthouse Square: 4.6 mi
- Paris River Park: 6.8 mi
- Moore Park: 7.0 mi
- Spruce Hills: 0.8 mi
- Mount Tom: 1.0 mi
- Hammond Ledge: 1.9 mi
- Ryemoor Hill: 2.1 mi
- Damon Hill: 2.2 mi
- Cornwall Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Whitney: 5.6 mi
- Virgil Parris Forest: 7.4 mi
- Little Concord Pond State Park: 7.4 mi
- Noyes Mountain Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
- World War Honor Roll: 7.2 mi
- Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll: 7.2 mi
- Norway 1917-1918 Honor Roll: 8.3 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Herbon Historical Society: 9.8 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 14.8 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 15.9 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 15.9 mi
- Berry Ledge: 3.9 mi
- Shaw Ledge: 6.6 mi
- Shagg Crag: 7.6 mi
- Payne Ledge: 9.5 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 10.4 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 14.6 mi
- Keoka Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- Long Lake Beach: 17.7 mi
- Otisfield Town Beach: 18.5 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 7.8 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 16.1 mi
- Whitney Street Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- The Atsuko Hirai Lantern and Garden: 20.7 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 9.6 mi
- Oxford Casino: 14.7 mi
- Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 16.6 mi
- Bridgton Higlands Country Club: 20.7 mi
- Public Soccer Field: 23.9 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 15.2 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 15.9 mi
- Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 21.6 mi
- Loon Mural: 21.7 mi
- Rumford Falls: 15.0 mi
- Kezar Falls: 18.5 mi
- Kees Falls: 22.8 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 3.0 mi
- Sabatis Island Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- Cooper Spring: 4.4 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 11.8 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 20.9 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 24.4 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Mountain | NW 320° | 732 m | 7.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 8° | 649 m | 8.0 mi |
| Speckled Mountain | N 352° | 645 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mollyockett Mountain | NNW 329° | 611 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Tom | NE 48° | 519 m | 1.0 mi |
| Streaked Mountain | SSE 148° | 512 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 345° | 512 m | 7.8 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NNE 13° | 488 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:46 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 20 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225030
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