Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain rises to 784 m in Maine. Jackson Mountain stands 1,088 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Blue, a peak 1.5 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 576147).
Wikidata Q33148995, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 784 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 17.7 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 21 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 23 mi
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Blue: 1.5 mi
- Wilder Hill: 2.3 mi
- Sylvester Hill: 2.4 mi
- Little Blue: 2.5 mi
- Phillips Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Park by the Bridge: 6.3 mi
- Strong Baseball Fields: 6.5 mi
- White Elephant Greens: 6.7 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Strong Tennis Courts: 6.9 mi
- Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 3.3 mi
- Strong Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 5.2 mi
- Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 6.5 mi
- Willow Springs: 8.7 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 9.0 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 9.1 mi
- Parsons School: 16.2 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 22.6 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 6.8 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 9.1 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 10.6 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 11.6 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 9.4 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 17.6 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 19.7 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 21.7 mi
- Fisher Man: 22.8 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 11.9 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 21.0 mi
- North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 23.6 mi
- Lebanon Masonic Lodge 116: 24.4 mi
- Smalls falls: 13.1 mi
- Rumford Falls: 17.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 19.7 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Shagg Crag: 23.4 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Riverside Beach: 24.3 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 24.4 mi
- Smalls Falls: 13.0 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Mountain | W 280° | 1,088 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Blue | WSW 251° | 973 m | 1.5 mi |
| Blueberry Mountain | WNW 285° | 881 m | 8.5 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SSW 196° | 784 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | WNW 287° | 755 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 197° | 717 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pope Mountain | WNW 299° | 642 m | 4.5 mi |
| Day Mountain | ENE 59° | 641 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:15 | 16:04 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 576147 — Spruce Mountain, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358224440
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