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Caribou Bog Wildlife Management Area

Caribou Bog Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Caribou Bog Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hinds-Keleti Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates44.90780, -68.75588

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Nadeau-Savoy Park: 1.7 mi
  • Lakeside Landing Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
  • Coombs Park: 3.4 mi
  • Butler Park: 3.4 mi
  • Disc Golf Park: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 18
Historic sites: 17
  • Civil War Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Spencer: 5.7 mi
  • War Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Binnette: 5.7 mi
  • Peace Pole: 5.7 mi
Museums: 16
Attractions: 13
  • Otto Farm Loop: 4.0 mi
  • Dorion Loop: 4.3 mi
  • Pinkham Trails: 4.8 mi
  • Old Town Loop: 4.8 mi
  • Corn Field Loop: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Children's Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lovers Leap: 6.6 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Caribou Bog Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked MountainESE 111°350 m15.3 mi
Bald MountainSSE 157°342 m18.7 mi
Big HillSSE 146°338 m17.3 mi
Springy Brook MountainE 89°315 m18.7 mi
BlackcapSE 139°312 m14.1 mi
Bald Bluff MountainE 93°305 m17.4 mi
Jellison HillESE 111°284 m17.7 mi
Chick HillESE 108°271 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:4919:4120:26
September equinox06:2317:5618:35
December solstice07:1115:0815:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929415361686658463625
Precip in3.73.03.83.73.54.23.43.13.74.34.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Town 2 W, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1370351233

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