Whitecap Mountain
Whitecap Mountain rises to 655 m in Maine. Puzzle Mountain stands 953 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33153900, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 655 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 14 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 23 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Red Hill: 2.0 mi
- Farmers Hill: 2.0 mi
- South Twin Mountain: 3.2 mi
- North Twin Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Hastings Landing: 4.7 mi
- Mexico Rec Park: 4.9 mi
- Stephens High School Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Strathglass Park: 5.6 mi
- Memorial Green: 5.7 mi
- Emma's Easement at Farmers Hill: 2.3 mi
- Water Supply Lands: 2.9 mi
- Irl Osborne Brown and Julia Gertrude Brown Memorial Forest: 3.6 mi
- Glassface Mountain Conservation Area: 4.6 mi
- Mystery Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 10.4 mi
- Goss Ledge: 10.7 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 11.5 mi
- Shagg Crag: 11.6 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 13.0 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 13.2 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 13.2 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 22.5 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Rumford Falls: 6.2 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 11.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 14.8 mi
- Smalls falls: 21.1 mi
- Kees Falls: 21.2 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 7.4 mi
- Mountain fountain: 16.7 mi
- Cooper Spring: 23.3 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 5.8 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 13.0 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Moose Cave: 13.6 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 21.8 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 19.6 mi
- Smalls Falls: 21.0 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 10.6 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Whitecap Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puzzle Mountain | WSW 255° | 953 m | 6.5 mi |
| Long Mountain | W 280° | 918 m | 7.9 mi |
| Plumbago Mountain | WSW 244° | 813 m | 5.2 mi |
| Walker Mountain | NNE 30° | 809 m | 10.1 mi |
| Little Puzzle Mountain | W 264° | 782 m | 5.6 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NE 46° | 771 m | 9.6 mi |
| Record Hill | N 9° | 737 m | 8.2 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNE 25° | 737 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 578377 — Whitecap Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358225682
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