Thoreau Spring
Thoreau Spring is a spring in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 1,410 m. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the east-northeast, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Land, a cliff 0.7 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1410 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 28.8 mi off the MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Baxter Peak: 0.8 mi
- South Peak: 1.0 mi
- Rum Mountain: 1.3 mi
- The Owl: 1.3 mi
- Chimney Peak: 1.5 mi
- Katahdin Falls: 2.2 mi
- Abol Falls: 5.1 mi
- Big Niagara Falls: 5.2 mi
- Little Niagara Falls: 5.3 mi
- Nesowadnehunk Falls: 5.7 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Foster Field Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 5.6 mi
- Slide Dam Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 15.3 mi
- Swimmin' Hole: 19.4 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 19.5 mi
- Jerry Pond Recreation Area: 20.0 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail: 10.3 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 15.2 mi
- Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land: 18.3 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Baxter State Park: 4.1 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 20.2 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 20.5 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 20.5 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 20.6 mi
- Table Land: 0.7 mi
- The Gateway: 0.8 mi
- Windey Pitch: 4.4 mi
- Snub Pitch: 8.8 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 14.3 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 18.4 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 20.0 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 24.3 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 6.8 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 9.0 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 22.3 mi
- Caribou Spring: 1.9 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 7.2 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Thoreau Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | ENE 60° | 1,605 m | 0.8 mi |
| South Peak | ENE 75° | 1,603 m | 1.0 mi |
| Pamola | ENE 70° | 1,495 m | 1.6 mi |
| Chimney Peak | ENE 71° | 1,491 m | 1.5 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | NNE 14° | 1,446 m | 1.8 mi |
| Howe Peaks | NNE 13° | 1,416 m | 2.5 mi |
| North Brother | NNW 330° | 1,235 m | 4.7 mi |
| South Brother | NW 315° | 1,208 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:44 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:04 | 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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket, 20 mi away.
- Diapensia289 obs
- Bog Labrador Tea223 obs
- bog bilberry198 obs
- three-toothed cinquefoil164 obs
- Lingonberry160 obs
- Canadian bunchberry119 obs
- Bigelow's sedge104 obs
- Swamp Laurel80 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/727381049
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