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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 41 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the east, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham's Woods Preserve, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.4 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Getting there

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Coordinates44.65260, -68.27293

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Eastbrook Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
  • Graham Lake - Fletchers Landing Boat Access: 6.6 mi
  • Green Lake National Fish Hatchery: 8.5 mi
  • Gordon's Wharf: 8.7 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 27
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 18.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 18
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 13
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 9.5 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 18.3 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 18.6 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 19.6 mi
  • Yourcenar: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 8
Springs: 8
  • Big Chief Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Long Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 18.1 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 22.2 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Water Street Mural: 10.8 mi
  • Baxter The Lobster: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 10.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 14.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainE 96°325 m8.9 mi
Schoodic MountainSE 131°319 m8.3 mi
Black MountainESE 121°304 m8.9 mi
Catherine MountainESE 105°284 m9.4 mi
Caribou MountainESE 111°259 m8.6 mi
Schoodic NubbleSE 134°202 m8.0 mi
Peaked MountainSE 125°201 m11.4 mi
Rebel HillNW 310°201 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4819:3820:23
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
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, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1359869616

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