Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain rises to 771 m in Maine. Jackson Mountain stands 1,088 m to the north, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobble Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 576141).
Wikidata Q33148981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 771 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 15 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
- Table Rock · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mexico Rec Park: 6.6 mi
- Mexico Veterans Park: 8.1 mi
- Stephens High School Memorial Park: 8.2 mi
- Strathglass Park: 8.2 mi
- Memorial Green: 8.4 mi
- Cobble Hill: 1.4 mi
- Roxbury Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bunker Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Walker Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Lake Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Flagg Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 6.0 mi
- Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 6.3 mi
- Water Supply Lands: 7.0 mi
- Pennacook Area Community Trails: 7.2 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 11.6 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 13.9 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 13.9 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 14.3 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 18.0 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Shagg Crag: 16.2 mi
- C Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 18.0 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 17.5 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 8.8 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 18.3 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 20.2 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 22.3 mi
- Rumford Falls: 9.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 12.3 mi
- Smalls falls: 13.2 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 20.0 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 12.7 mi
- Mountain fountain: 23.8 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 13.4 mi
- Moose Cave: 21.3 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 6.7 mi
- Smalls Falls: 13.2 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 20.1 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Mountain | N 359° | 1,088 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Jackson Mountain | N 352° | 1,055 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Blue | ENE 64° | 973 m | 9.6 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | NNW 345° | 939 m | 5.9 mi |
| Tumbledown Southwest Peak | NNW 342° | 935 m | 5.8 mi |
| Tumbledown East Peak | NNW 345° | 921 m | 5.8 mi |
| Blueberry Mountain | NNE 15° | 881 m | 7.2 mi |
| West Mountain | NW 325° | 832 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358224430
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