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Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area

Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Island, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.18935, -68.54724

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Jims Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Conary Head: 3.3 mi
  • High Head: 4.7 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Devils Head: 6.1 mi
Parks
  • Fine Sand Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Nature Area: 5.0 mi
  • Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 6.1 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 6.2 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 6.2 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 26
Museums: 24
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Heath: 20.6 mi
  • Mountain: 20.6 mi
  • Meadow: 20.6 mi
  • Roadside: 20.6 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 6.6 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 6.7 mi
  • Store Foundation: 6.7 mi
  • House Foundation: 6.7 mi
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 9.2 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Attractions: 7
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 11.6 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 14.4 mi
  • The Bubble: 17.9 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 19.6 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 19.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Birch Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.5 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainNE 48°326 m11.7 mi
Mansell MountainNE 49°289 m12.3 mi
Knight NubbleNE 48°283 m11.8 mi
Little NotchNE 48°271 m11.8 mi
Beech MountainNE 50°256 m13.1 mi
Western MountainNE 47°246 m11.8 mi
Saint Sauveur MountainNE 53°207 m13.9 mi
Valley PeakNE 54°152.4 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:47
June solstice04:5119:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5518:34
December solstice07:0715:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18778263

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