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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 14 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south-southwest, 4.9 miles off. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates44.13088, -68.60065

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Mud Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Ledge Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Sand Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Sand Cove Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Goss Beach: 6.1 mi
Parks
  • Fog Island: 2.6 mi
  • Small Cove Park: 3.5 mi
  • Doliver Island: 4.1 mi
  • Rabbits Ear Island: 4.3 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 24
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 15
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 4.4 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 7.8 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 8.0 mi
  • House Foundation: 8.0 mi
  • Store Foundation: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 7.1 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 18.4 mi
  • The Bubble: 22.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 23.9 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 24.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lurvey Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Birch Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Vinal Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.1 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 21.1 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 20.8 mi
  • Tanglewood Garden: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainSSW 191°148 m4.9 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNW 347°148 m14.2 mi
Rocky MountainS 191°144 m4.7 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 191°127 m5.7 mi
Bald MountainNE 43°121 m15.6 mi
Winche MountainNNW 336°92 m15.1 mi
Duck Harbor MountainSSW 198°80 m7.8 mi
Wentworth MountainSSW 196°78 m6.6 mi

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 solstice07:0715:1215:59

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, 24 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18778293

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