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Porcupine Mountain

Porcupine Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.90756, -69.68450

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Attractions: 39
  • 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
Nature reserves: 37
Historic sites: 16
  • 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
Museums: 9
Artworks: 8
Waterfalls: 2
  • Austinm Stream Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Houston Brook Falls: 16.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring water: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelly MountainNNW 347°487 m10.6 mi
Johnson MountainNNW 333°462 m11.4 mi
Foss MountainN 359°458 m11.6 mi
Huff MountainNNE 18°403 m12.6 mi
Mahoney HillNW 324°367 m12.4 mi
Old Bluff MountainWNW 302°356 m13.5 mi
Saint Albans MountainENE 67°319 m12.1 mi
Mulhern HillNNW 348°309 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1218:51
June solstice04:5319:4420:29
September equinox06:2618:0018:38
December solstice07:1415:1216:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161828415463696759473624
Precip in3.22.63.43.83.54.43.73.73.64.93.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harmony, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358223123

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