Cliff · Maine
Great Spruce Head
Great Spruce Head is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cals Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 30 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.32424, -68.95420
- 29.9 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Jackson Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Percival: 2.4 mi
- Beech Hill: 2.4 mi
- Ducktrap Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Priest Hill: 2.9 mi
Parks
- Wyman Park: 2.0 mi
- Ruggle's Park: 4.0 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 4.0 mi
- Bayview park: 4.0 mi
- Auditorium Park: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Mount Percival Preserve: 2.3 mi
- The Narrows Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Broad Point Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Herbert Preserve: 3.1 mi
- State of Maine Land: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 47
- Cals Beach: 0.4 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.5 mi
- Wales Beach: 2.3 mi
- Big Tree Beach: 2.6 mi
- Billys Shore: 2.8 mi
Museums: 35
- Islesboro historical society: 2.7 mi
- Indian basket: 3.0 mi
- Islesboro sailors memorial: 3.0 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 3.8 mi
- The Good Life Center: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
- The Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Spruce Head: 2.4 mi
- The Bluffs: 3.7 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 7.9 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Castine Civil War Monument: 9.0 mi
- Fort Pownall: 12.2 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 15.0 mi
- Cannon: 16.7 mi
- Fort Knox: 18.3 mi
Artworks: 8
- Andre the Seal: 11.2 mi
- Puffin Wall: 16.9 mi
- Seagull: 16.9 mi
- Lobster: 17.1 mi
- Sphere: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 6
- Tanglewood Garden: 4.5 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 17.1 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 22.3 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 22.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.8 mi
Attractions: 3
- Dome home: 18.4 mi
- Prison Show Room: 20.7 mi
- The Wall: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Vinal Falls: 17.4 mi
- Monroe Falls: 19.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Great Spruce Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | SW 224° | 419 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | SW 232° | 390 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SW 234° | 384 m | 11.1 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | SW 235° | 375 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | SW 228° | 331 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | WSW 248° | 330 m | 11.8 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | W 272° | 317 m | 8.6 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SW 229° | 291 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358220174
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