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Caribou Stream Wildlife Management Area

Caribou Stream Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Caribou Stream Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Pennington Mountain stands 526 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Arboretum Park, a park 3.6 miles away. ST JOHN VALLEY CULTURAL BYWAY passes 16 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Getting there

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Coordinates46.87898, -68.08744
Around it

119 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
  • Capitol Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Prestile Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Gelot Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Jacobson Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Fogelin Hill: 8.2 mi
Parks: 29
  • Arboretum Park: 3.6 mi
  • Collins Pond Park: 3.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Cary Medical Center Trail System: 3.9 mi
  • Teague Park Complex: 4.1 mi
Artworks: 14
Nature reserves: 11
  • New Sweden West Public Reserved Land: 8.5 mi
  • Perham Bog Preserve: 8.6 mi
  • Upland Wildlife Habitat Area: 12.8 mi
  • Cyr Plantation Public Reserved Land: 13.1 mi
  • Caswell Public Reserved Land: 15.9 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Historical Society: 12.3 mi
  • Nordic Heritage Center: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 2
  • University Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Van Buren Community Gardem: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Haystack Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Hedgehog Mountain Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Caribou Stream Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pennington MountainWNW 288°526 m20.5 mi
Hedgehog MountainW 280°459 m21.4 mi
Scopan MountainSSW 195°433 m19.2 mi
Scopan KnobSSW 194°432 m21.9 mi
Haystack MountainSSW 205°408 m16.2 mi
Pyle MountainSSW 205°385 m15.6 mi
Green MountainS 170°385 m21.3 mi
Moose MountainW 265°379 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0518:45
June solstice04:3919:4420:31
September equinox06:2017:5218:32
December solstice07:1614:5515:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121425395261676557453320
Precip in3.02.42.83.03.53.94.23.63.44.03.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caribou WFO, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1373393127

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