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Spring River Wildlife Management Area

Spring River Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Spring River Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Brook Ridge, a peak 1.0 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.2 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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Coordinates44.67653, -68.12895

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 50
  • Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 5.7 mi
  • Eastbrook Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
  • Spectacle Pond Boating Access: 8.1 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Park: 9.5 mi
  • Cable Pool Park: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 19.9 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 20.0 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
Beaches: 14
  • Molasses Pond Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Black Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Schoodic Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Flanders Pond Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Jesse Beach: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 11.3 mi
  • The Doctor John B. Ells Pier: 20.0 mi
  • Eden's Civil War Monument: 20.3 mi
  • Old Farm Estate: 21.1 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 22.3 mi
Museums: 11
Attractions: 7
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 20.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 20.0 mi
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 20.8 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 22.4 mi
  • Schoodic Point: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Long Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.4 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Big Chief Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Sieur de Monts Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 24.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Water Street Mural: 17.3 mi
  • Baxter The Lobster: 20.2 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 17.8 mi
  • Double Arch: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lead MountainN 4°439 m13.0 mi
Tunk MountainSE 146°325 m3.1 mi
Spruce MountainNNE 23°321 m12.0 mi
Schoodic MountainS 187°319 m7.2 mi
Black MountainS 175°304 m6.3 mi
Catherine MountainSSE 154°284 m4.6 mi
Caribou MountainS 169°259 m4.8 mi
Schoodic NubbleS 190°202 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4819:3720:22
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0715:0715:55

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, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1366112733

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