Porcupine Mountain
Porcupine Mountain rises to 221 m in Maine. Musquash Mountain stands 364 m to the north, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Delight, a peak 1.1 miles away. MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, Maine, United States of America; geonames ID = 4975757
Wikidata Q33144172, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 221 m
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Delight: 1.1 mi
- Bear Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Musquash Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Pineo Mountains: 5.2 mi
- Neal Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Yacolucci Woods: 3.8 mi
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation Public Reserved Land: 4.4 mi
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest: 8.3 mi
- Codyville Plt W Public Reserved Land: 9.6 mi
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest: 11.3 mi
- Muwin Park: 11.6 mi
- Springfield Fair: 17.3 mi
- Houlton Avenue Courts: 22.1 mi
- Glidden Athletic Field: 22.1 mi
- Councilors Field: 22.2 mi
- The High Bluffs: 7.3 mi
- Little River Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Norway Point: 21.2 mi
- Haley Point: 24.8 mi
- Hold Shore: 12.1 mi
- Campbell Shore: 12.1 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 13.1 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 14.1 mi
- Big Falls: 11.4 mi
- Little Falls: 11.8 mi
- Mud Lake Falls: 24.6 mi
- Indian Township Museum: 12.0 mi
- Vanceboro Historical Society: 23.5 mi
- Princeton War Monument: 12.9 mi
- Vanceboro & Lambert Lake Veterans Memorial: 23.4 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Porcupine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musquash Mountain | N 354° | 364 m | 3.7 mi |
| Greenland Mountain | N 9° | 363 m | 18.5 mi |
| Duck Mountain | SW 235° | 362 m | 20.0 mi |
| Brown Hill | WNW 289° | 338 m | 13.0 mi |
| Stetson Mountain | NW 325° | 326 m | 16.0 mi |
| Tracy Mountain | NNE 14° | 323 m | 7.7 mi |
| Tomah Mountain | NNE 26° | 320 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | WNW 285° | 317 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:05 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 19:38 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:52 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:02 | 15:52 |
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 | 19 | 27 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topsfield 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573667 — Porcupine Mountain, Washington County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223127
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