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Egypt Bay Wildlife Management Area

Egypt Bay Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Egypt Bay Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.55228, -68.28823

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 3.1 mi
  • Sumner Park: 3.3 mi
  • Marlboro Beach Park: 5.6 mi
  • Bloomfield Park: 5.8 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 28
  • The Ovens: 8.0 mi
  • Sols Cliff: 13.4 mi
  • Central Slabs: 14.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 15.0 mi
  • Lower Wall: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 22
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 11.3 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 13.7 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 15
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 4.4 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 11.8 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 12.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 13.2 mi
  • Yourcenar: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Big Chief Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 11.8 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 11.8 mi
  • The Bubble: 14.8 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 16.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 11.4 mi
  • Long Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 16.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Water Street Mural: 6.8 mi
  • Baxter The Lobster: 12.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Double Arch: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 5.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Egypt Bay Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainENE 58°325 m11.3 mi
Schoodic MountainENE 78°319 m7.1 mi
Black MountainENE 74°304 m8.7 mi
Catherine MountainENE 66°284 m10.8 mi
The WhitecapSSE 169°276 m13.3 mi
Caribou MountainENE 66°259 m9.6 mi
McFarland MountainS 174°220 m11.8 mi
Schoodic NubbleENE 78°202 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:46
June solstice04:4919:3820:22
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0715:0815:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231425361676759483727
Precip in4.13.64.24.33.74.53.13.13.95.14.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1359867131

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