Little Spruce Mountain
Little Spruce Mountain rises to 980 m in Maine. White Cap Mountain stands 1,109 m to the northwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Shanty Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33140703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 980 m
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
- 22.4 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Shanty Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Big Spruce Mountain: 1.5 mi
- White Cap Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Little Shanty Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Hay Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 5.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.3 mi
- Billings Falls: 6.6 mi
- Stair Falls: 6.7 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 2.9 mi
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap: 4.7 mi
- Silver Lake: 5.9 mi
- Beaver Cove Public Reserved Land: 6.1 mi
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land: 6.9 mi
- Davis Field: 15.3 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 17.4 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 19.8 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 19.9 mi
- Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 20.3 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 18.9 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 19.0 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 19.1 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 23.6 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 23.9 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 6.7 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 21.6 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 23.1 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 23.8 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 24.5 mi
- The Jaws: 6.4 mi
- Barren Slide: 12.4 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.1 mi
- Monument Square: 24.4 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 20.7 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Little Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Mountain | NW 310° | 1,109 m | 1.9 mi |
| Baker Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,063 m | 8.9 mi |
| West Peak | W 278° | 965 m | 3.9 mi |
| Lily Bay Mountain | WNW 289° | 963 m | 11.3 mi |
| Big Shanty Mountain | NE 55° | 948 m | 1.3 mi |
| Big Spruce Mountain | WSW 257° | 944 m | 1.5 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | ESE 116° | 905 m | 4.4 mi |
| Jo-Mary Mountain | NE 53° | 883 m | 9.3 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 | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 570077 — Little Spruce Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358221607
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