Porcupine Mountain
Porcupine Mountain rises to 99 m in Maine. Greenlaws Mountain stands 171 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q33144148, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 99 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Woodcock Habitat · 9 mi
- Reynolds Marsh Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coggins Head: 2.6 mi
- Ironworks Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 3.1 mi
- Meadow Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Oak Hill: 4.2 mi
- Pennamaquan River Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
- Gleason Cove Town Park: 3.3 mi
- Monument Square: 5.2 mi
- Denbow Bluffs: 5.4 mi
- Hardscrabble River Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Hersey Cove Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln Cove Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Loring Cove Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Red Beach: 5.9 mi
- Huckins Beach: 5.9 mi
- Cony Beach: 6.7 mi
- Navy Bar: 7.6 mi
- Dunn Beach: 9.3 mi
- Frost Head: 3.4 mi
- Kendall Head: 5.8 mi
- Todd Head: 7.6 mi
- Black Head: 7.7 mi
- Estes Head: 7.9 mi
- Waponahki Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mustard Mill Museum: 7.3 mi
- Barracks Museum: 7.5 mi
- Robert S. Peacock Fire Museum: 9.7 mi
- McCurdy's Smokehouse Museum: 9.8 mi
- Shipwreck: 4.4 mi
- Old Sow whirlpool: 7.2 mi
- Eastport Arts Center: 7.7 mi
- Boynton Street Historic District: 7.8 mi
- Eastport Historic District: 7.9 mi
- Nature's Grace: 7.8 mi
- Nerida, Eastport Mermaid: 7.9 mi
- Fisherman: 7.9 mi
- Civil War Monument: 9.8 mi
- Beyond the Horizon: 10.0 mi
- Ramp of Ferry to Deer Island: 9.4 mi
- Lost Fishermen's Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Lubec Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Saint Croix Island International Historic Site: 11.7 mi
- Easternmost Point in the U. S. A.: 13.3 mi
- Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
- Little Lake Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Esey Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 23.9 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 23.9 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 24.0 mi
- Pikewoods Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Porcupine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenlaws Mountain | N 7° | 171 m | 11.2 mi |
| Carlisle Mountain | NW 320° | 167 m | 6.0 mi |
| Trimble Mountain | N 350° | 156 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Seeall | NNW 331° | 147 m | 11.9 mi |
| Conant Hill | WNW 291° | 141 m | 11.0 mi |
| Howard Lake Mountain | NNW 328° | 135 m | 10.5 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NW 316° | 134 m | 7.7 mi |
| Big Allan Mountain | W 267° | 133 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 04:43 | 19:34 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:49 | 18:28 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:02 | 15:50 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastport, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573668 — Porcupine Mountain, Washington County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223129
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