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Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area - Commissary Point

Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area - Commissary Point from directly overhead

Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area - Commissary Point is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Big Allan Mountain stands 133 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area (Dennison Point Unit), a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates44.80813, -67.15886

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 46
  • Whiting Bay Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Reynold’s Brook – Orange River Wildlife Preserve: 3.6 mi
  • Birch Islands Preserve: 4.4 mi
  • Morong Cove: 4.7 mi
  • Mays Brook Cove: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Boot Cove Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Huckins Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Mowry Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Cony Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Friars Bay Beach: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
Attractions: 6
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 6
Artworks: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Bad Little Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Pikewoods Rest Area: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area - Commissary Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Allan MountainNW 320°133 m13.4 mi
Mount TomNNW 341°121 m14.1 mi
Pughole MountainW 267°118 m1.9 mi
Little Allan MountainNW 322°117 m12.7 mi
Porcupine MountainN 10°99 m10.9 mi
Beech HillNE 41°99 m13.1 mi
Yellowbirch MountainSSW 197°98 m2.4 mi
Woodruff MountainWSW 237°93 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0218:41
June solstice04:4319:3420:19
September equinox06:1617:5018:28
December solstice07:0415:0215:51

Local time (America/New_York).

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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1359911300

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