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WMD 24 — Maine

4% public hunting land across 245,126 ac. Road access is easy — only 0% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 773 ac of public land has no public route in.

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0–290 ft

elevation range

public hunting land

of public >1 mi from a road

773 ac

landlocked public

6.39

road miles per mi²

35 mi

trails on public land

Computed from primary government data by the AGPL 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) ↗

MDIFW — Moose permit lottery (fees, chances, caps, deadline) ↗How the Maine draw works →

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

■ Wildlife refuge 2%■ State wildlife 1%■ State parks 1%▨ Parks & other public 8%□ Private 87%

Unit area245,126 ac

Public hunting land10,704 ac (4%)

Parks & other public20,251 ac · Unknown manager, Nonprofit preserve, Regional park district

Landlocked public773 ac (7.2%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,449 mi

Mapped trails on public land35 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road0 ac (0% of public)

Road density6.39 mi/mi²

Managed byWildlife refuge 5k ac · State wildlife 3k ac · State parks 2k ac

Elevation0–290 ft

Median elevation60 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

0 ft290 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 14%

E 36%

S 16%

W 34%

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 →

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69 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

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

Measured at PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL JETPORT AP, 6 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)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

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