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Mill River Wildlife Management Area

Mill River Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Mill River Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Tunk Mountain stands 325 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jordan Beach, a beach 2.8 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.5 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
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Coordinates44.58025, -67.84820

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 39
  • Milbridge Town Marina: 2.9 mi
  • Milbridge Commons: 3.6 mi
  • Milbridge Baseball Field: 3.9 mi
  • Stewart Park: 4.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 20
Gardens: 20
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 22.3 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 22.4 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 22.4 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
Historic sites: 10
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 18.2 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 21.8 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 22.1 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 22.2 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 23.4 mi
Museums: 8
Attractions: 8
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 8.4 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 9.8 mi
  • Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 20.1 mi
  • Burnham Tavern Museum: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 21.3 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 3
  • Big Chief Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 23.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 9.4 mi
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Baxter The Lobster: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Mill River Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tunk MountainWNW 289°325 m12.7 mi
Schoodic MountainW 268°319 m14.7 mi
Black MountainW 272°304 m13.3 mi
Catherine MountainWNW 282°284 m12.0 mi
Caribou MountainW 279°259 m13.0 mi
Schoodic NubbleW 268°202 m15.1 mi
Peaked MountainW 263°201 m11.6 mi
Blackwood MountainW 263°194 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0518:44
June solstice04:4719:3620:21
September equinox06:1917:5218:31
December solstice07:0615:0615:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231425260666659483827
Precip in4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1367964873

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