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Unit research · Maine WMD 16

WMD 16 — Maine

4% public across 571,712 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.

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90–1,260 ft

elevation range

4%

public land

1%

of public >1 mi from a road

197 ac

landlocked public

2.17

road miles per mi²

579 mi

maintained trails

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

UNK 2%SPR 2%NGO 1%□ Private 96%
Unit area571,712 ac
Public land24,772 ac (4%)
Landlocked public197 ac (0.8%)
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,936 mi
Maintained trails579 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road148 ac (1% of public)
Road density2.17 mi/mi²
Managed byUNK 11k ac · SPR 10k ac · NGO 8k ac
Elevation90–1,260 ft
Median elevation360 ft
Median slope

Where the ground sits

90 ft1,260 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 14%
E 37%
S 13%
W 36%

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

80 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.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F34° high21° lowJFMAMJJASOND

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at AUGUSTA STATE AIRPORT, 25 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)

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.

Nearby WMDs

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