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WMD 26 — Maine

1% public hunting land across 714,023 ac. Road access is easy — only 0% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. No landlocked public land.

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0–1,510 ft

elevation range

public hunting land

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

2.63

road miles per mi²

15 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

■ State wildlife 1%■ State parks 1%■ Wildlife refuge 0%▨ Parks & other public 10%□ Private 89%

Unit area714,023 ac

Public hunting land8,214 ac (1%)

Parks & other public68,119 ac · National Park Service, Nonprofit preserve, Unknown manager

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,930 mi

Mapped trails on public land15 mi

Backcountry

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

Road density2.63 mi/mi²

Managed byState wildlife 4k ac · State parks 4k ac · Wildlife refuge 0k ac

Elevation0–1,510 ft

Median elevation160 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

0 ft1,510 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 18%

E 31%

S 18%

W 33%

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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173 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 OLD TOWN 2 W, 40 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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