Spencer Rips is a stretch of rapids in Somerset County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 23.7 miles north of Kingfield and roughly 113.5 miles north of Portland as the crow flies.
The Northeastern Highlands are the mountains of northern New England and the Adirondacks, with spruce-fir on the summits and northern hardwood forest of maple, beech and birch below, and countless lakes and boulder-strewn brooks. Fast mountain streams drop over granite and gneiss ledges in chains of falls and pools.
Somerset County holds 8 recorded rapids, and several are close by. Gore Rapids, is about 6.1 miles away. Poplar Hill Falls, is about 10.3 miles away. Spencer Rips, is about 15.7 miles away.
Spencer Rips is located at 45.3003° N, 70.2136° W. The listing is based on the USGS Geographic Names Information System, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this rapid yet.