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Spring Brook Wildlife Management Area

Spring Brook Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Spring Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Beckwith Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.52647, -68.34836

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Ellsworth Harbor Park and Marina: 3.6 mi
  • S. K. Whiting Park: 3.7 mi
  • World War II Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Donald Little Park: 4.0 mi
  • Courthouse Gallery Art Park: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 28
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 21
  • COA Community Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 11.0 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 13.3 mi
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 18
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 6.9 mi
  • Yourcenar: 11.4 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 11.7 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 11.9 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Attractions: 8
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 11.7 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 11.7 mi
  • The Bubble: 13.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 16.3 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 16.8 mi
Springs: 8
  • Red Rock Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Birch Spring: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ellsworth Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 10.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.5 mi
  • Long Falls: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 7.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 8.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Spring Brook Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainSSE 153°466 m13.5 mi
Sargent MountainSSE 164°419 m13.2 mi
Dorr MountainSSE 151°387 m13.5 mi
Penobscot MountainSSE 163°360 m14.0 mi
Schoodic MountainENE 72°319 m10.4 mi
Gilmore PeakSSE 165°316 m13.4 mi
Black MountainENE 70°304 m12.1 mi
Bald PeakSSE 166°297 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0718:46
June solstice04:4919:3820:23
September equinox06:2117:5418:33
December solstice07:0815:0915:57

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1359870231

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