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Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area

Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Carlisle Mountain stands 167 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ellis Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.1 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates44.81812, -66.98618

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
  • West Quoddy Head Light Park: 1.7 mi
  • Old Farm Point Shorefront Park: 2.4 mi
  • Stockford Park: 2.7 mi
  • Flat Iron Corner: 2.8 mi
  • Lubec Veterans Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Mowry Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Boot Cove Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Raccoon Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Herring Cove Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Friars Bay Beach: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Historic sites: 6
Museums: 6
Attractions: 6
Artworks: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Bad Little Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle MountainNW 324°167 m18.1 mi
Trimble MountainNNW 337°156 m20.5 mi
Birch MountainNW 323°134 m19.7 mi
Big Allan MountainWNW 299°133 m19.6 mi
Mount TomNW 314°121 m18.1 mi
Pughole MountainW 266°118 m10.4 mi
Little Allan MountainWNW 300°117 m18.8 mi
Bald LedgeNW 316°101 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0219:40
June solstice05:4320:3321:18
September equinox07:1618:4919:27
December solstice08:0316:0216:50

Local time (America/Moncton).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532425259656559494030
Precip in4.23.24.14.53.33.92.73.24.35.14.64.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastport, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1359908659

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