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Black Brook Flowage Wildlife Management Area

Black Brook Flowage Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Black Brook Flowage Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 347 m. Avery Peak stands 1,234 m to the southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hedgehog Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates45.23559, -70.15967

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 47
Attractions: 33
  • Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 5.5 mi
  • Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 5.9 mi
  • Flagstaff Ledge House: 6.0 mi
  • Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 6.1 mi
  • Flagstaff J.P. Morgan Farm: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Long Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Grand Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Moxie Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Houston Brook Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Cold Stream Falls: 17.1 mi
Parks: 8
  • Moxie Falls Scenic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Blanchard Park: 14.9 mi
  • Quimby Field: 18.4 mi
  • Kingfield Town Park: 19.4 mi
  • Freeman Ridge Bike Park: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Beach: 11.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring water: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Avery PeakSW 223°1,234 m8.3 mi
Mount BigelowSW 226°1,227 m8.7 mi
West PeakSW 226°1,222 m8.8 mi
South PeakSW 232°1,159 m10.1 mi
North PeakSW 233°1,156 m10.0 mi
Burnt HillSSW 203°1,099 m15.1 mi
Little Bigelow MountainSSW 206°912 m7.4 mi
Cranberry PeakWSW 239°909 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1418:53
June solstice04:5419:4720:33
September equinox06:2818:0118:40
December solstice07:1715:1216:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141624385161666457453321
Precip in2.82.43.03.83.64.54.03.63.24.63.83.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1352775369

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