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Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area

Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Pleasant Mountain stands 313 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates44.04578, -69.51138

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ice House Park: 1.5 mi
  • Newcastle Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bragg Recreational Area: 3.6 mi
  • Damariscotta Lake Access: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 37
Artworks: 36
Attractions: 30
  • Damariscotta River Cruises: 1.4 mi
  • The Barn: 7.8 mi
  • La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 10.4 mi
  • Goats: 11.3 mi
  • Antique Engine Display: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Walker's Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Sand Cove Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Drift Inn Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Grimes Cove Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Sea Glass Beach: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 1
  • Wiley's Corner Spring: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bond Brook Falls: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant MountainENE 59°313 m19.1 mi
Patrick MountainNNE 13°266 m18.9 mi
Coggans HillNE 36°245 m17.3 mi
Barrett HillNE 46°208 m17.7 mi
Clarry HillNE 42°197 m14.0 mi
Meadow MountainENE 58°187 m17.9 mi
Beech HillNW 323°165 m14.3 mi
Givens HillNNW 341°165 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1218:50
June solstice04:5619:4120:25
September equinox06:2617:5918:37
December solstice07:1115:1616:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533445563696861493929
Precip in3.83.64.34.23.84.33.43.34.25.04.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcastle, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1353683887

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