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Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area

Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the east, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham's Woods Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.2 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
Coordinates44.65951, -68.23918

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Eastbrook Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
  • Spectacle Pond Boating Access: 8.3 mi
  • Graham Lake - Fletchers Landing Boat Access: 8.3 mi
  • Sumner Park: 9.0 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 18.3 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Molasses Pond Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Black Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Jesse Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Otis Beach: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 9.6 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 18.6 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 18.9 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 19.8 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 20.8 mi
Museums: 11
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 18.6 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 18.6 mi
  • The Bubble: 22.1 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 23.5 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 18.5 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 22.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Big Chief Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 22.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Water Street Mural: 12.3 mi
  • Baxter The Lobster: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 10.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainE 101°325 m7.3 mi
Schoodic MountainSE 143°319 m7.5 mi
Black MountainSE 130°304 m7.8 mi
Catherine MountainESE 112°284 m8.0 mi
Caribou MountainESE 119°259 m7.3 mi
Schoodic NubbleSE 145°202 m7.3 mi
Peaked MountainSE 132°201 m10.4 mi
Birch HillN 6°199 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4819:3820:23
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0815:0815:56

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, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1329199169

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