Caribou Spring
Caribou Spring is a spring in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 1,415 m. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the south-southeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamlin Peak, a peak 0.2 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hamlin Peak: 0.2 mi
- Howe Peaks: 0.6 mi
- Baxter Peak: 1.5 mi
- The Owl: 1.7 mi
- South Peak: 1.7 mi
- Katahdin Falls: 3.2 mi
- Ledge Falls: 5.1 mi
- Green Falls: 6.2 mi
- Wassataquoik Grand Falls: 6.3 mi
- Little Niagara Falls: 6.4 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Slide Dam Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Ledge Falls Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 15.4 mi
- Swimmin' Hole: 20.8 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 21.0 mi
- Jerry Pond Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 11.6 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 15.1 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 17.9 mi
- Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land: 19.6 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Baxter State Park: 3.6 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 21.6 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 22.0 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 22.0 mi
- Table Land: 1.2 mi
- The Gateway: 2.2 mi
- Windey Pitch: 5.1 mi
- Snub Pitch: 6.9 mi
- Owls Head: 23.5 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 14.8 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 19.8 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 21.4 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 23.6 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 8.3 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 10.9 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 23.6 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 1.9 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 8.9 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Caribou Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | SSE 162° | 1,605 m | 1.5 mi |
| South Peak | SSE 156° | 1,603 m | 1.7 mi |
| Pamola | SE 137° | 1,495 m | 1.8 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SE 139° | 1,491 m | 1.8 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | ESE 110° | 1,446 m | 0.2 mi |
| Howe Peaks | NNE 28° | 1,416 m | 0.6 mi |
| North Brother | NW 310° | 1,235 m | 3.4 mi |
| South Brother | WNW 291° | 1,208 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:44 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:04 | 15:54 |
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 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket, 22 mi away.
- Diapensia245 obs
- Bog Labrador Tea194 obs
- bog bilberry168 obs
- Lingonberry141 obs
- Canadian bunchberry128 obs
- three-toothed cinquefoil119 obs
- Swamp Laurel97 obs
- Bigelow's sedge81 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/883583174
Take the scenic way to Caribou Spring.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.