Great Works Wildlife Management Area
Great Works Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Cooper Hill stands 217 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Venture Brook Community Forest, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Woodcock Habitat · 6 mi
- Reynolds Marsh Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Porcupine Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Birch Hill: 1.9 mi
- King David Hill: 2.9 mi
- Hobart Meadow Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Page Hill: 4.2 mi
- Dennys River Sportsman’s Club Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Clark Point Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Hardscrabble River Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Riverside Fields Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Patrick Lake Boating Access: 4.6 mi
- Venture Brook Community Forest: 0.9 mi
- Number 14 Twp S Public Reserved Land: 4.0 mi
- Public Reserved Land: 5.0 mi
- Number 14 Twp N Public Reserved Land: 5.5 mi
- Cobscook Bay State Park: 6.8 mi
- Huckins Beach: 11.4 mi
- Cony Beach: 13.4 mi
- Boot Cove Beach: 14.7 mi
- Mowry Beach: 14.7 mi
- Davis Beach: 15.3 mi
- Black Head: 11.1 mi
- The Rim: 12.4 mi
- Frost Head: 12.8 mi
- Kendall Head: 13.9 mi
- Estes Head: 14.1 mi
- Waponahki Museum: 12.7 mi
- Gates House Museum: 13.7 mi
- Mustard Mill Museum: 14.2 mi
- Barracks Museum: 14.5 mi
- Robert S. Peacock Fire Museum: 14.6 mi
- Shipwreck: 7.5 mi
- Burnham Tavern Museum: 14.3 mi
- Eastport Arts Center: 14.6 mi
- Boynton Street Historic District: 14.7 mi
- Eastport Historic District: 14.8 mi
- Lubec Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Lost Fishermen's Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Ramp of Ferry to Deer Island: 16.0 mi
- Easternmost Point in the U. S. A.: 17.0 mi
- Abandoned Coast Guard Life Saving Station: 18.4 mi
- Civil War Monument: 14.7 mi
- Nature's Grace: 14.8 mi
- Fisherman: 14.8 mi
- Nerida, Eastport Mermaid: 14.8 mi
- Beyond the Horizon: 14.9 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 14.3 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 14.3 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 14.3 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 20.2 mi
- Day Use Area: 7.1 mi
- Little Lake Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Esey Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Pikewoods Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Great Works Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Hill | NW 310° | 217 m | 11.6 mi |
| Pineo Mountain | NW 317° | 192 m | 13.4 mi |
| Carlisle Mountain | NNE 21° | 167 m | 11.2 mi |
| Conant Hill | NNW 347° | 141 m | 10.1 mi |
| Round Lake Hills | W 277° | 135 m | 12.3 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NNE 13° | 134 m | 11.7 mi |
| Big Allan Mountain | NNW 335° | 133 m | 5.9 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 333° | 123 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:03 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 19:35 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:50 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:03 | 15:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastport, 14 mi away.
- Powdered Dancer4 obs
- Dragonhunter4 obs
- Chalk-fronted Corporal3 obs
- White Corporal3 obs
- Northern Pearly-eye3 obs
- spreading dogbane2 obs
- cardinal flower2 obs
- Tree Lungwort2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1328143422
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