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Reed Deadwater Wildlife Management Area

Reed Deadwater Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Reed Deadwater Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Sam Drew Mountain stands 461 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Clay Bluff, a cliff 2.1 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates45.73790, -68.22096

97 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 36
  • Beech Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Sherwood Mountain: 10.8 mi
  • Beech Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Potter Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Shorey Hill: 13.5 mi
Parks: 18
  • Wytopitlock Lake Boat Access: 4.4 mi
  • Bible Point State Historic Site: 14.4 mi
  • Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park and Campground: 14.9 mi
  • Medway Recreation Area: 17.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 18.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
Cliffs: 6
  • Clay Bluff: 2.1 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.5 mi
  • Spruce Point: 20.4 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Point: 21.0 mi
  • Blueberry Point: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Beans Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Island Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Mud Lake Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Warren Falls: 24.6 mi
  • Grand Falls: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Dolby Flowage: 20.0 mi
Museums: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Individual Flower Gardens: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lunksoos Picnic Area: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Reed Deadwater Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sam Drew MountainNNE 13°461 m24.0 mi
Hunt MountainWNW 296°451 m23.2 mi
Whetstone MountainWNW 287°447 m23.0 mi
Kelloch MountainWNW 288°417 m24.5 mi
Oakfield HillsNNE 11°370 m22.9 mi
Crow HillNNE 23°344 m23.4 mi
Kimball HillNNW 331°337 m24.3 mi
Stetson MountainSE 141°326 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4419:4120:27
September equinox06:2017:5318:33
December solstice07:1215:0215:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131526395161666556443421
Precip in3.43.33.53.63.73.54.13.73.84.74.14.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danforth, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1370563801

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