Spruce Head

Spruce Head: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Spruce Head

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Spruce Head — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.29508, -68.97920. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Spruce Head

• Grindel Point Light · beach · Waldo · ~4 km · Must-see
• Megunticook Lake · lake · Waldo · ~14 km · Must-see
• Curtis Island Lighthouse · museum · Knox · ~15 km · Must-see
• Dyce Head Light · beach · Hancock · ~20 km · Must-see
• Wilson Museum · museum · Hancock · ~21 km · Must-see
• Beech Hill · sanctuary · Knox · ~21 km · Must-see
• Fort George · fort · Hancock · ~22 km · Must-see
• Penobscot Marine Museum Campus · museum · Waldo · ~24 km · Must-see
• Pumpkin Island Light · beach · Hancock · ~24 km · Must-see
• Eagle Island Light · beach · Hancock · ~24 km · Must-see
• Browns Head Light · beach · Knox · ~26 km · Must-see
• Goose Rocks Lighthouse · beach · Knox · ~27 km · Must-see
• Rockland Breakwater · fort · Knox · ~28 km · Must-see
• Fort Point State Park · fort · Waldo · ~29 km · Must-see
• Owls Head Light · beach · Knox · ~29 km · Must-see
• Fort Point Light · fort · Waldo · ~29 km · Must-see
• Farnsworth Art Museum · museum · Knox · ~30 km · Must-see
• Union Town Common · park · Knox · ~32 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Spruce Head

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Spruce Head

• Mount Waldo · viewpoint · Waldo · ~41 km · Must-see
• Great Pond Mountain · viewpoint · Hancock · ~53 km · Must-see
• Cadillac Mountain · viewpoint · Hancock · ~76 km · Must-see
• Blackcap · viewpoint · Penobscot · ~76 km · Must-see
• Crotch Hill · viewpoint · Hancock · ~98 km · Must-see
• Catherine Mountain · viewpoint · Hancock · ~99 km · Must-see
• Mount Pisgah · viewpoint · Kennebec · ~104 km · Must-see
• Fremont Peak · viewpoint · Hancock · ~108 km · Must-see
• Morse Mountain · viewpoint · Sagadahoc · ~114 km · Must-see
• Lead Mountain · viewpoint · Hancock · ~117 km · Must-see

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