Irving F. Thurston Wildlife Management Area
Irving F. Thurston Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Black Cat Mountain stands 250 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Talking Brook Public Land, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Talking Brook Public Land: 1.0 mi
- Town Land: 1.1 mi
- Rowe Station Road Woodlot: 1.7 mi
- Little Meadow Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Lewiston Road Woodlot: 2.7 mi
- New Gloucester Blockhouse: 1.7 mi
- Rowe Station: 2.1 mi
- New Gloucester Fairgrounds: 3.0 mi
- Runaround Pond Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- The Grove: 4.4 mi
- Gloucester Hill: 2.3 mi
- Peacock Hill: 2.6 mi
- Libby Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pisgah Hill: 3.6 mi
- Little Hill: 3.7 mi
- Sensation Garden: 3.9 mi
- Cutting Garden: 3.9 mi
- Lilac Garden: 4.7 mi
- The Garden at Pineland Farms: 4.7 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 5.4 mi
- Harold Libbey Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Bonney Park: 8.7 mi
- Anthony Fireplace: 10.8 mi
- Miller Fireplace: 10.8 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Pineland Farms Corn Maize: 3.6 mi
- Moose: 5.2 mi
- Duck Display: 5.3 mi
- Coyote: 5.3 mi
- Foxes: 5.3 mi
- Warden Museum: 5.4 mi
- Poland Spring Museum: 6.9 mi
- Auburn Fire Department Museum: 7.9 mi
- Desert of Maine Farm Museum: 8.9 mi
- Androscoggin County Historical Museum: 9.1 mi
- Wilkies Beach: 6.3 mi
- Lower Range Pond Beach: 8.1 mi
- Tripp Lake Beach: 9.8 mi
- Crescent Beach: 10.5 mi
- Raymond Beach: 12.0 mi
- Can't Stop Hip Hop: 11.2 mi
- Frog Rock: 12.5 mi
- Labyrinth in the Woods: 14.3 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 14.6 mi
- Holy Trinty: 14.7 mi
- Pismire Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Fryes Leap: 15.5 mi
- White Head Cliff: 22.5 mi
- The Cliffs: 22.6 mi
- Cod Ledges: 22.9 mi
- First Falls: 12.3 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 17.1 mi
- Steep Falls: 23.7 mi
- Bug Light: 21.6 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 23.5 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 23.5 mi
- Davis Spring: 22.4 mi
- Cooper Spring: 23.0 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 24.0 mi
- Hancock Beach Picnic Ground: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Irving F. Thurston Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Cat Mountain | WNW 286° | 250 m | 8.8 mi |
| Johnson Hill | WNW 289° | 237 m | 10.6 mi |
| Tenny Hill | WNW 282° | 225 m | 9.5 mi |
| White Oak Hill | NW 305° | 205 m | 9.3 mi |
| Raymond Hill | W 261° | 204 m | 9.3 mi |
| Ledge Hill | W 271° | 202 m | 7.9 mi |
| Tarkiln Hill | WSW 250° | 197 m | 9.4 mi |
| Shaker Hill | WNW 294° | 187 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:44 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:19 | 16:06 |
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 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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