Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area
Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Southwest Bluff, a cliff 2.0 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 12.5 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 20.6 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 27.6 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 21 mi
- Frazer Point · 28 mi
- Overlook · 30 mi
- Beach · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beech Hill: 4.1 mi
- Knox Hill: 4.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 4.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Poplar Hill: 5.5 mi
- Pleasant River Lake: 5.6 mi
- Chalk Pond Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Popple Hill Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Great Heath Public Reserved Land: 6.4 mi
- Mopang Stream: 6.7 mi
- Mopang Lake Boating Access: 8.5 mi
- Upper Lead Mountain Pond Access: 8.5 mi
- Spectacle Pond Boating Access: 11.4 mi
- Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 11.7 mi
- Cable Pool Park: 11.8 mi
- Molasses Pond Beach: 14.0 mi
- Black Beach: 14.9 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 15.7 mi
- Jordan Beach: 17.7 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 18.1 mi
- Southwest Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 14.8 mi
- Roberts Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Long Falls: 8.3 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 14.7 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 20.4 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 15.0 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 21.9 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 16.0 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 17.4 mi
- Long Cove: 20.8 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 21.0 mi
- Big Chief Spring: 23.9 mi
- Double Arch: 24.2 mi
- Riceville: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mountain | NW 313° | 439 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | NNW 346° | 414 m | 8.0 mi |
| Tunk Mountain | SSW 211° | 325 m | 11.1 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NNW 327° | 321 m | 4.9 mi |
| Catherine Mountain | SSW 206° | 284 m | 12.4 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NW 318° | 284 m | 14.0 mi |
| Pinnacle | NW 309° | 281 m | 12.5 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | SSW 209° | 259 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:06 | 15:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1368507294
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- Ellsworth · 28 mi
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