Spruce IV, in the Örümcek Forest, is the near twin of Spruce III: 53.4 metres against 52.5, a trunk 1.22 metres across against 1.21. The Directorate General of Nature Conservation and National Parks declared all eight natural monuments on the same day, 11 October 1995: four firs and four Oriental spruces, numbered rather than named. Its girth is 3.83 metres against 3.81, and the directorate gives the same age for both, 400 years.

Designated
11.10.1995Checked: September 13, 2026

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Across Gümüşhane as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -1.7 °C in January to 20.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (70 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).Checked: September 22, 2026