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Spruce Mountain

Spruce Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Spruce Mountain rises to 272 m in Connecticut. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Moses Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4843533

Wikidata Q31808645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
272 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.35760, -73.47540

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Butterfly Maze: 2.0 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 2.0 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 3.5 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 50
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.9 mi
  • South Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.3 mi
  • North Beach: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cascade: 8.2 mi
  • Cascade: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 1.6 mi
  • Weir House: 7.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.9 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 10.9 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 17
  • P.T. Barnum: 3.3 mi
  • greek letter pi: 4.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 4.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.2 mi
  • Annunaki: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 3.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainNNW 344°313 m6.5 mi
Pine MountainSW 235°304 m0.8 mi
Cranson PeakE 87°303 m7.1 mi
Bailey MountainSW 231°299.314 m5.0 mi
Moses MountainENE 71°296 m0.5 mi
Barlow MountainSSW 209°290 m2.5 mi
Thomas MountainENE 58°286 m1.1 mi
West MountainSW 216°285 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359269877

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