Porcupine Mountain
Porcupine Mountain rises to 202 m in Maine. Musquash Mountain stands 364 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knoll, a peak 3.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, Maine, United States of America; geonames ID = 4975759.
Wikidata Q33144165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 202 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knoll: 3.5 mi
- Whitney Cove Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Dark Cove Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Farm Cove Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Junior Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Springfield Fair: 13.1 mi
- West Lake Access: 13.7 mi
- Cole’s Landing: 17.4 mi
- Muwin Park: 17.5 mi
- First Chain Lake Boat Access: 23.1 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 3.9 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 8.6 mi
- Cole's Landing Beach: 17.4 mi
- Campbell Shore: 17.8 mi
- Hold Shore: 17.8 mi
- Big Falls: 11.7 mi
- Little Falls: 12.6 mi
- Grand Falls: 15.8 mi
- Little River Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 18.8 mi
- The High Bluffs: 18.8 mi
- Indian Township Museum: 19.5 mi
- Princeton War Monument: 20.1 mi
- Riceville: 20.4 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Porcupine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musquash Mountain | NE 42° | 364 m | 13.7 mi |
| Duck Mountain | SW 233° | 362 m | 8.5 mi |
| Brown Hill | NNW 346° | 338 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | SSW 192° | 335 m | 14.0 mi |
| Stetson Mountain | N 1° | 326 m | 19.5 mi |
| Tracy Mountain | NE 39° | 323 m | 18.0 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | NNW 347° | 317 m | 9.8 mi |
| Gates Hill | NNW 344° | 309 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:05 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:38 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:04 | 15:53 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Lake Stream, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573665 — Porcupine Mountain, Washington County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223124
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