Big Spruce Mountain
Big Spruce Mountain rises to 944 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the north, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Spruce Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33136906, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 944 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 23.8 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Spruce Mountain: 1.5 mi
- White Cap Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Hay Mountain: 1.9 mi
- West Peak: 2.5 mi
- Big Shanty Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 3.6 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 4.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 4.9 mi
- Billings Falls: 5.2 mi
- Stair Falls: 5.3 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 1.6 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 3.9 mi
- Beaver Cove Public Reserved Land: 5.0 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 5.6 mi
- Silver Lake: 6.2 mi
- Davis Field: 15.9 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 16.6 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 19.5 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 19.5 mi
- Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 21.1 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 17.4 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 17.5 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 17.6 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 23.2 mi
- dih cheese fort: 24.1 mi
- The Jaws: 5.0 mi
- Barren Slide: 11.1 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 14.9 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 20.2 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 22.7 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 24.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Monument Square: 24.1 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Big Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | N 1° | 1,109 m | 1.5 mi |
| Baker Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,063 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | ENE 76° | 980 m | 1.5 mi |
| West Peak | WNW 290° | 965 m | 2.5 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | WNW 294° | 963 m | 10.1 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | ENE 67° | 948 m | 2.7 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | ESE 106° | 905 m | 5.6 mi |
| Jo-Mary Mountain | ENE 57° | 883 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:07 | 15:57 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnard, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211880
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