Unit research · Maine WMD 15
WMD 15 — Maine
5% public across 705,921 ac. Road access is easy — only 1% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.
Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →
Tags & season
Tags: check Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
No draw hunts are published for this wmd. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's regulations.
Season dates: see Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's regulations
MDIFW — Moose permit lottery (fees, chances, caps, deadline) ↗
Fees and draw dates from Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 2026, verified 2026-08-16 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a wmd that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: MDIFW — Moose permit lottery (fees, chances, caps, deadline).
Land & access
Backcountry
Where the ground sits
Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band
Slope mix
Which way the slopes face
Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing
North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.
USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →
Unit intelligence report
92 ac of this wmd has burned — 0% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.
Season conditions — measured, not vibes
Historical temperatures · 2000–2025
Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month
Measured at PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL JETPORT AP, 55 km from the unit’s center and ~500 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.
How these numbers are made
Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.
Ready to scout it?
Everything on this page, live on the map — ownership, boundaries, roads, and your own waypoints.
Take WMD 15 into the field
Download Maine’s pack and this unit works with no signal — boundaries, ownership, roads, elevation. Record your hunt with the screen off. Check what’s visible from any ridge.
Scan to install OpenHunt for Android. Open this page on the phone afterwards and it lands in the app.
