Porcupine Mountain
Porcupine Mountain rises to 261 m in Maine. Fitch Hill stands 338 m to the southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Crooked River Forest (Intervale), a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33144115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 261 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 26.3 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 27.8 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 29.5 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 26 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heniger Park: 2.5 mi
- Edes Falls Park: 4.9 mi
- Junior Harmon Ball Field: 5.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Park: 5.2 mi
- Doris West Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Big Hill: 2.5 mi
- Chaplin Hill: 3.2 mi
- Fogg Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Scribner Hill: 3.4 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Crooked River Forest (Intervale): 1.2 mi
- Two Ponds Nature Area: 3.5 mi
- Jugtown Forest: 3.7 mi
- Mayberry Hill Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Clara and Samuel Lebovitz Forest Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 3.2 mi
- Bridgton Higlands Country Club: 6.8 mi
- Camp Cedar: 7.6 mi
- Oxford Casino: 7.7 mi
- Public Soccer Field: 8.4 mi
- Harrison Honor Roll: 5.3 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 6.4 mi
- Norway Veterans in WWII: 10.1 mi
- Korea and Vietnam Veterans: 10.1 mi
- Norway 1917-1918 Honor Roll: 10.1 mi
- Otisfield Town Beach: 2.7 mi
- Pleasant Town Beach: 5.5 mi
- Long Lake Beach: 5.6 mi
- Hancock Beach: 6.2 mi
- Tripp Lake Beach: 8.4 mi
- Bridgton Historical Society Museum: 5.9 mi
- Naples Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- Naramissic Farm Bridgton Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Poland Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Poland Spring Museum: 11.6 mi
- Bridgton Community Gardens: 6.0 mi
- Mary's Garden: 6.3 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 10.7 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 15.5 mi
- Pollinator's Garden: 17.4 mi
- Hedgehog Ledge: 8.1 mi
- Brigham Ledge: 8.5 mi
- Pismire Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Fryes Leap: 15.4 mi
- Shaw Ledge: 15.8 mi
- Kezar Falls: 14.3 mi
- Hiram Falls: 18.3 mi
- Steep Falls: 19.6 mi
- Emerald Pool: 24.8 mi
- Cooper Spring: 15.2 mi
- Davis Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 20.2 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 22.5 mi
- Sabatis Island Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 5.8 mi
- Loon Mural: 6.1 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 6.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Porcupine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitch Hill | SW 224° | 338 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NW 315° | 325 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hawk Mountain | NW 317° | 319 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SE 144° | 300 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | SE 133° | 289 m | 6.0 mi |
| Marr Hill | WNW 297° | 287 m | 9.1 mi |
| Frost Hill | N 354° | 277 m | 7.7 mi |
| Summit Hill | NNW 327° | 272 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:45 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:20 | 16:07 |
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 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgton 3 NW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573661 — Porcupine Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223119
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