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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 4 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddleback Island Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.14560, -68.57545

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Jims Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Devils Head: 4.7 mi
  • Coombs Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Mount Chaplain: 5.8 mi
Parks
  • Fog Island: 3.2 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 4.4 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Doliver Island: 5.1 mi
  • Rabbits Ear Island: 5.3 mi
Beaches
  • Mud Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Ledge Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Sand Cove Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Sand Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Sand Beach: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 24
Museums: 24
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Heath: 23.6 mi
  • Mountain: 23.6 mi
  • Meadow: 23.6 mi
  • Roadside: 23.6 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 6.0 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 6.6 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 6.8 mi
  • House Foundation: 6.9 mi
  • Store Foundation: 6.9 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Birch Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 8.3 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 16.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 20.8 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 22.3 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Vinal Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 17.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 23.9 mi
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainNE 43°326 m14.8 mi
Knight NubbleNE 43°283 m15.0 mi
Little NotchNE 43°271 m14.9 mi
Western MountainNE 42°246 m15.0 mi
Sawyer MountainSSW 201°148 m6.3 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNW 341°148 m13.6 mi
Rocky MountainSSW 201°144 m6.1 mi
Jerusalem MountainSSW 200°127 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
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, 22 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18778278

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