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David Priest (Dwinal Pond) Wildlife Management Area

David Priest (Dwinal Pond) Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

David Priest (Dwinal Pond) Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Passadumkeag Mountain stands 442 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Skunk Hill, a peak 3.9 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.41227, -68.27766
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 18
  • Cole’s Landing: 5.2 mi
  • Penobscot River Access - Winn: 6.8 mi
  • Springfield Fair: 7.1 mi
  • Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park and Campground: 7.7 mi
  • Marguerite Flanders Playground: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Historic sites: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.9 mi
  • Dolby Flowage: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of David Priest (Dwinal Pond) Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Passadumkeag MountainSSW 191°442 m19.9 mi
Mattamiscontis MountainW 278°380 m21.6 mi
Musquash MountainE 94°364 m23.4 mi
Duck MountainSSE 156°362 m18.3 mi
Brown HillE 96°338 m11.4 mi
Little Mattamiscontis MountainW 276°333 m21.2 mi
Stetson MountainENE 62°326 m16.5 mi
Bowers MountainE 100°317 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:4519:4020:26
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:1115:0415:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151728415463696759473523
Precip in3.52.43.53.63.74.13.43.63.44.74.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1370352879

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