Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain rises to 321 m in Maine. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the west-northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Knox Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 576143)
Wikidata Q33149080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 321 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 17.3 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 23.1 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Knox Hill: 2.2 mi
- Pleasant Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Northeast Hill: 4.1 mi
- Lead Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Chalk Pond Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Pleasant River Lake: 3.5 mi
- Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Spring River Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Mopang Stream: 8.6 mi
- Upper Lead Mountain Pond Access: 4.5 mi
- Mopang Lake Boating Access: 4.5 mi
- Spectacle Pond Boating Access: 9.6 mi
- Middle Branch Union River Boat Launch: 13.0 mi
- Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 15.2 mi
- Molasses Pond Beach: 14.1 mi
- Black Beach: 17.5 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 18.5 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 21.2 mi
- Dunn Beach: 22.4 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 10.2 mi
- Roberts Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Long Falls: 11.8 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 17.5 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 17.8 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 19.6 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 23.8 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 20.5 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 21.8 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Long Cove: 23.4 mi
- Riceville: 20.1 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mountain | WNW 298° | 439 m | 4.2 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | N 11° | 414 m | 3.8 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | N 357° | 335 m | 14.4 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | NW 320° | 326 m | 13.5 mi |
| Tunk Mountain | SSW 192° | 325 m | 13.9 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NW 314° | 284 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pinnacle | WNW 299° | 281 m | 8.0 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WNW 283° | 262 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:37 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:06 | 15:54 |
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, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358224434
Day trips start here
- Ellsworth · 28 mi
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