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Allagash Wilderness Waterway

Allagash Wilderness Waterway from directly overhead

Allagash Wilderness Waterway is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 326 m. Norway Bluff stands 696 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrow Mountain, a peak 4.6 miles away. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.48569, -69.31510

49 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 2
Historic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Little Allagash Falls: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Halfway Brook Picnic Area: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Norway BluffESE 106°696 m18.6 mi
Peaked MountainENE 76°674 m24.5 mi
Mooseleuk MountainE 95°653 m19.7 mi
Willard MountainE 100°652 m19.7 mi
Peaked MountainE 86°587 m11.0 mi
Ragged MountainE 100°578 m12.9 mi
Hudson MountainENE 72°575 m13.8 mi
Priestly MountainNW 315°567 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1018:50
June solstice04:4519:4820:34
September equinox06:2517:5718:37
December solstice07:1915:0215:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 13 mi away.

  • Moose3 obs
  • Steeplebush2 obs
  • Fly Agaric2 obs
  • American Bullfrog2 obs
  • orange hawkweed2 obs
  • Ruffed Grouse1 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull1 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1097039036

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