Spruce Mountain
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
- 14.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moses Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Wooster Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Thomas Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Middle Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Land Cons. Of Ridgefield (Pine Mountain Road): 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Briar Ridge Road, Rear): 1.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Lakeside Drive): 1.6 mi
- Leibowitz Section: 1.7 mi
- Bennett's Pond State Park: 1.6 mi
- Lake Kenosia Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
- Blind Brook Park: 2.4 mi
- Lake Kenosia Park: 2.4 mi
- Rogers Park Memorial Field: 2.5 mi
- Hearthstone Castle: 2.0 mi
- The Korean War Monument: 2.6 mi
- The Vietnam War Monument: 2.6 mi
- War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Lions Club: 2.6 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 2.3 mi
- Danbury Museum and Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 5.0 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: 5.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- Saugatuck Falls: 4.8 mi
- Sheep Falls: 7.8 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.9 mi
- Cascade: 8.2 mi
- Cascade: 8.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 5.9 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 9.5 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 9.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.1 mi
- 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
- Peck Ledge Light: 20.1 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 20.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.0 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 24.0 mi
- Fog Signal House: 24.0 mi
- Dicktown: 17.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 21.0 mi
- Cuties Island: 22.3 mi
- The Silver Spring: 7.2 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 22.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titicus Mountain | NNW 344° | 313 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SW 235° | 304 m | 0.8 mi |
| Cranson Peak | E 87° | 303 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | SW 231° | 299.314 m | 5.0 mi |
| Moses Mountain | ENE 71° | 296 m | 0.5 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | SSW 209° | 290 m | 2.5 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | ENE 58° | 286 m | 1.1 mi |
| West Mountain | SW 216° | 285 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359269877
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 15 mi
- Stamford · 18 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 24 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 24 mi
- Ossining · 24 mi
- Valhalla · 24 mi
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