Porcupine Pinnacle
Porcupine Pinnacle rises to 105 m in Maine. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Breakneck Hill, a peak 2.4 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33144188, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 105 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Breakneck Hill: 2.4 mi
- Tug Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Bald Head: 4.8 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Cranberry Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Mopang Stream: 7.8 mi
- Pleasant River Lake: 8.6 mi
- Beaverdam Stream Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area: 13.0 mi
- Chalk Pond Preserve: 14.1 mi
- First Chain Lake Boat Access: 5.7 mi
- Mopang Lake Boating Access: 8.8 mi
- Bog Lake Access: 14.2 mi
- Upper Lead Mountain Pond Access: 15.5 mi
- Alexander Art Trail: 18.4 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 12.5 mi
- Little River Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 12.1 mi
- Little Falls: 16.5 mi
- Big Falls: 16.6 mi
- Long Falls: 21.2 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 23.9 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 15.2 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 18.9 mi
- Campbell Shore: 21.1 mi
- Hold Shore: 21.2 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 20.7 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 21.2 mi
- Burnham Tavern Museum: 23.8 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 20.3 mi
- Indian Township Museum: 24.0 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Princeton War Monument: 23.6 mi
- Riceville: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Porcupine Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mountain | WSW 250° | 439 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | WSW 251° | 414 m | 9.6 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | NW 306° | 335 m | 13.0 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | W 281° | 326 m | 18.7 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SW 235° | 321 m | 12.0 mi |
| Washington Bald Mountain | NNW 338° | 286 m | 12.1 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | W 268° | 284 m | 16.4 mi |
| Pinnacle | W 260° | 281 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:05 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:52 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:05 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wesley, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573669 — Porcupine Pinnacle, Washington County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358223130
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