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Crawford Rest Area

Crawford Rest Area from directly overhead

Crawford Rest Area is a rest area in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Washington Bald Mountain stands 286 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaverdam Stream Preserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Maine Depatment of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.00085, -67.61829

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 29
Parks: 26
  • First Chain Lake Boat Access: 5.7 mi
  • Alexander Art Trail: 7.1 mi
  • Cathance Lake Access: 9.8 mi
  • Bog Lake Access: 11.2 mi
  • Meddybemps Lake Boat Access: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Little Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Big Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Upper Holmes Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 5
Beaches: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Burnham Tavern Museum: 21.3 mi
  • Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 24.4 mi
  • Shipwreck: 24.7 mi
  • World's Largest Lobster Trap: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Pikewoods Rest Area: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Crawford Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Washington Bald MountainWNW 294°286 m16.3 mi
Fifth Lake MountainWNW 283°278 m19.7 mi
Peaked MountainWSW 241°242 m16.3 mi
Knox MountainW 276°239 m14.5 mi
Amazon MountainNNW 340°238 m18.1 mi
Fletcher PeakW 281°237 m15.4 mi
Harmon MountainNW 314°230 m2.5 mi
Farm Cove MountainNW 318°229 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3518:0418:43
June solstice04:4419:3620:22
September equinox06:1817:5118:30
December solstice07:0615:0315:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130415362686759483727
Precip in3.93.34.24.04.14.13.13.73.85.34.65.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wesley, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9106065577

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