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Big Spencer Mountain

Big Spencer Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Big Spencer Mountain rises to 980 m in Maine. Mount Coe stands 1,146 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Spencer Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.1 miles off.

About

The story

Big Spencer Mountain is a mountain located in Piscataquis County, Maine. Big Spencer Mtn. is flanked to the west by Little Spencer Mountain. The southwest end of Big Spencer Mountain drains into Kidney Brook, then into Lobster Lake, and into the West Branch of the Penobscot River, and into Penobscot Bay. The northeast end of Big Spencer Mountain drains into spring-fed Blood Pond where the pond's outlet, Maxfield Brook, then empties into Lobster Lake. Part of the southeast side of Big Spencer Mountain drains into Bear Brook, then into Ragged Lake, Ragged Stream, Caribou Lake, Chesuncook Lake, Ripogenus Lake, and into the West Branch Penobscot River. The southern part of the southeast side of Big Spencer drains into Lazy Tom Stream, then into the Roach River, and Moosehead Lake, the source of the Kennebec River.

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Wikidata Q4906400, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
980 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.77560, -69.44283
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 18
Waterfalls: 18
  • Upper Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Tumbledown Dick Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Cooper Brook Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Billings Falls: 20.1 mi
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foster Field Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Slide Dam Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Ledge Falls Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
  • Abol Beach Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Parks: 3
  • Little Claw Campsite: 6.8 mi
  • Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 9.8 mi
  • Moosehead Lake East Shore Boating Access: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Pebble Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Big Omaha Beach: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Memorial: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Big Spencer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CoeENE 62°1,146 m23.6 mi
White Cap MountainSSE 148°1,109 m18.0 mi
Baker MountainS 170°1,063 m14.3 mi
Doubletop MountainENE 59°1,059 m21.4 mi
Mount O-J-IENE 63°1,048 m23.1 mi
Little Spruce MountainSSE 146°980 m19.7 mi
Big Moose MountainSSW 213°967 m24.0 mi
West PeakSSE 156°965 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1118:50
June solstice04:4919:4620:32
September equinox06:2517:5818:37
December solstice07:1715:0715:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131424375160656356443221
Precip in2.72.32.83.33.44.44.03.93.44.53.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moosehead, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562237 — Big Spencer Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358211877

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