Porcupine Mountain
Porcupine Mountain rises to 199 m in Maine. Kelly Mountain stands 487 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Athens Community Park, a park 1.0 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States of America
Wikidata Q33144129, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 23.9 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Athens Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Fairground: 8.3 mi
- Skowhegan Fairgrounds: 9.2 mi
- Memorial Field Complex: 9.4 mi
- Coburn Park: 9.5 mi
- Waite Hill: 2.3 mi
- Parlin Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lords Hill: 4.1 mi
- Fox Hill: 4.2 mi
- Stickney Hill: 4.6 mi
- clay slides: 8.0 mi
- rope swing: 8.4 mi
- Embden Petroglyphs (Indian Rock): 8.9 mi
- North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 9.4 mi
- Skowhegan/Madison Elks Club: 9.4 mi
- Jacobs Pines: 5.1 mi
- Parkman Hill Farm: 5.4 mi
- Great Moose Wetland Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Cedar Swamp Lot: 6.8 mi
- Jackson Woods: 7.1 mi
- Skowhegan Indian Sculpture: 9.8 mi
- Canaan Veteran's Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Veterans Monument: 14.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Goodblood Memorial Park: 19.5 mi
- Athens Historical Society Museum: 1.5 mi
- History House: 10.0 mi
- Norridgewock Historical Society: 14.5 mi
- L C Bates Museum: 17.2 mi
- Dexter Historical Society Abbot Museum: 20.9 mi
- Girl with Tail: 10.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Stumphenge: 15.8 mi
- 6: 23.7 mi
- 5: 23.7 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 16.7 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 16.8 mi
- Spring water: 15.1 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Porcupine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Mountain | NNW 347° | 487 m | 10.6 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | NNW 333° | 462 m | 11.4 mi |
| Foss Mountain | N 359° | 458 m | 11.6 mi |
| Huff Mountain | NNE 18° | 403 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mahoney Hill | NW 324° | 367 m | 12.4 mi |
| Old Bluff Mountain | WNW 302° | 356 m | 13.5 mi |
| Saint Albans Mountain | ENE 67° | 319 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mulhern Hill | NNW 348° | 309 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:44 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:12 | 16:01 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harmony, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358223123
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