White Cap Mountain (Piscataquis County, Maine)

Infobox Mountain
Name = White Cap Mountain
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Elevation = 1,114 metres (3,654 feet)
Prominence = 795 m (2,610 ft) [Key col elevation between 1,040 and 1,050 feet.]
Location = Piscataquis County, Maine
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Coordinates = coord|45|33.28|N|69|14.78|W |type:mountain_region:US |display=title,inline
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USGS "Big Shanty Mountain"
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Listing = #15 New England Fifty Finest

White Cap Mountain is a mountain located in Piscataquis County, Maine. White Cap Mtn. is flanked to the east by Hay Mountain, to the south by Big Spruce Mountain and to the southeast by Little Spruce Mountain.

White Cap Mtn. lies within the watershed of the Pleasant River, a tributary of the Piscataquis River, which drains into the Penobscot River, and into Penobscot Bay.The east side of White Cap drains into B Inlet Brook, thence into B Pond, Guernsey Brook, and the East Branch of the Pleasant River.The north and northwest sides of White Cap drain into the West Branch Ponds, thence into the West Branch of the Pleasant River.The south side of White Cap drains into Greenwood Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Pleasant.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs along the four-mile-long ridge of hills to the east, across the summit of White Cap.

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See also

* List of mountains in Maine
* New England Fifty Finest

External links

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* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6827 PeakBagger.com: White Cap Mountain]