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Flagg Wildlife Management Area

Flagg Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Flagg Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Jackson Mountain stands 1,088 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobble Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.4 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates44.65560, -70.47487

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 4.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 5.9 mi
  • Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 6.7 mi
  • Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 7.1 mi
  • Water Supply Lands: 7.2 mi
Parks
  • Mexico Rec Park: 6.9 mi
  • Mexico Veterans Park: 7.8 mi
  • Strathglass Park: 8.2 mi
  • Stephens High School Memorial Park: 8.2 mi
  • Memorial Green: 8.3 mi
Museums: 10
Cliffs: 9
Historic sites: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Rumford Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Smalls falls: 14.2 mi
  • Angel Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Light of the World Cross: 14.1 mi
  • Moose Cave: 23.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Smalls Falls: 14.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Flagg Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson MountainNNW 343°1,088 m7.7 mi
Little Jackson MountainNNW 336°1,055 m7.4 mi
Mount BlueNE 52°973 m8.2 mi
Tumbledown MountainNNW 331°939 m7.5 mi
Tumbledown Southwest PeakNNW 328°935 m7.4 mi
Tumbledown East PeakNNW 330°921 m7.4 mi
Blueberry MountainN 358°881 m7.7 mi
West MountainNW 314°832 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice04:5719:4720:32
September equinox06:3018:0318:41
December solstice07:1715:1716:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929425564696760473524
Precip in3.32.43.24.13.76.14.54.73.75.04.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1337178041

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