Strong Wildlife Management Area
Strong Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Mount Blue stands 973 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunter Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 14.8 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 21.9 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 22 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunter Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Day Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Patriots Peak: 1.9 mi
- Stubbs Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Hartwell Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Strong Baseball Fields: 3.1 mi
- White Elephant Greens: 3.4 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- United Methodist Church Flower Garden: 3.7 mi
- Nazarene Church Garden: 3.8 mi
- Willow Springs: 6.0 mi
- Horn Woods: 6.1 mi
- Flint Woods: 6.3 mi
- Village Woods: 6.3 mi
- Stump Pond Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 6.7 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 6.7 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 6.7 mi
- Parsons School: 12.1 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 6.7 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 7.6 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 8.0 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 9.2 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 14.2 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 14.8 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 17.0 mi
- North Anson Toll Bridge Pylon: 18.6 mi
- Lebanon Masonic Lodge 116: 19.8 mi
- clay slides: 21.1 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 7.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Fisher Man: 21.0 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 22.0 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 22.1 mi
- Smalls falls: 16.3 mi
- The Falls: 16.9 mi
- Rumford Falls: 22.1 mi
- Angel Falls: 24.3 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 21.1 mi
- Riverside Beach: 22.3 mi
- Smalls Falls: 16.2 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Strong Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blue | WSW 252° | 973 m | 6.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WSW 253° | 784 m | 5.0 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | W 266° | 755 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SW 221° | 717 m | 10.1 mi |
| Pope Mountain | W 275° | 642 m | 8.8 mi |
| Day Mountain | W 277° | 641 m | 1.8 mi |
| Griffin Mountain | ENE 65° | 639 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kinneys Head | SW 223° | 639 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:15 | 16:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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