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Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station

Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station from directly overhead

Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. Strickland Mountain stands 732 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 29 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

The story

The Eagle Lake Tramway is a historic timber-transport mechanism in the remote North Maine Woods in northeastern USA. The tramway, built in 1902 and operated until 1907, transported timber across a neck of land between Eagle Lake and Chamberlain Lake, with one end eventually becoming the eastern terminus of the Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad in 1927. The remnants of the tramway and rail station were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Tramway Historic District in 1979. The tramway is part of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a Maine state park.

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Wikidata Q19878012, matched on coordinates and name (409 m apart).

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates46.31583, -69.37876

56 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Halfway Brook Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • SFMA Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
  • Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strickland MountainSE 140°732 m24.7 mi
Caucomgomoc MountainWSW 248°702 m17.9 mi
Telephone HillWSW 243°700 m19.1 mi
Little Russell MountainSW 234°700 m23.0 mi
Norway BluffENE 72°696 m22.0 mi
Mucalsea MountainSW 229°687 m23.6 mi
Mooseleuk MountainENE 66°653 m24.8 mi
Willard MountainENE 70°652 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1018:50
June solstice04:4619:4720:34
September equinox06:2517:5818:37
December solstice07:1815:0315:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F81021354959646254413017
Precip in2.72.32.73.23.64.24.83.43.24.12.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clayton Lake, 22 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9316396459

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