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Spruce Mountain

Spruce Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Spruce Mountain rises to 272 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the southwest, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Moses Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

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

Wikidata Q31808645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
272 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.35760, -73.47540

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 55
Nature reserves
Beaches: 48
  • 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
Gardens: 47
  • 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
Attractions: 19
  • 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
Waterfalls: 18
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.8 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
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainSW304 m0.8 mi
Cranson PeakE303 m7.1 mi
Bailey MountainSW299 m5.0 mi
Moses MountainENE296 m0.5 mi
Barlow MountainSSW290 m2.5 mi
Thomas MountainENE286 m1.1 mi
West MountainSW285 m4.5 mi
Ned MountainWSW284 m2.4 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359269877

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