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Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge

Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Maine. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along with Petit Manan, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island.

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National Wildlife Refuge1,730 acresUSFWSME
Official page at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ↗
Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, in the public domain, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

Where each comes from ↓
DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
StateMaine
Size1,730 acres
FWS regionRegion 5
Center point44.61° N, 67.30° W
Night skyAbout as dark as the ground gets (Black Marble reading 7)

Boundary map

5 outlines

Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees

The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge10°20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 4.30 inches of precipitationFebruary: 3.77 inches of precipitationMarch: 4.64 inches of precipitationApril: 4.26 inches of precipitationMay: 3.90 inches of precipitationJune: 3.53 inches of precipitationJuly: 3.38 inches of precipitationAugust: 3.59 inches of precipitationSeptember: 3.50 inches of precipitationOctober: 5.00 inches of precipitationNovember: 5.07 inches of precipitationDecember: 5.90 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 19.1°F averageFebruary: 21.8°F averageMarch: 30.6°F averageApril: 41.5°F averageMay: 51.7°F averageJune: 60.2°F averageJuly: 66.0°F averageAugust: 65.8°F averageSeptember: 58.8°F averageOctober: 48.1°F averageNovember: 38.0°F averageDecember: 26.9°F average0 in2 in4 in6 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Jonesboro, 17 miles from the center point at 194 feet, station USC00174183 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 51 inches a year.

Large units span more than one climate. The station stands in for the center point, and the outer parts of the boundary can be warmer or colder.

Explore

Nearby on the other atlases

National Park System units within 30 miles · Park Atlas
International Park · 22 mi
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
National Register listings within 15 miles · 18 in all · Register Atlas

Landmarks are listed first, then by distance from the boundary.

Guidebooks for Maine

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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge?

1,730 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge in?

Maine.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 44.610° N, 67.298° W. Roosevelt Campobello International Park is 22 miles away. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Which national parks are near Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge?

Roosevelt Campobello International Park (22 mi). Park Atlas has fees, hours and alerts for each.

Source: Nearby on the other atlases

Are there historic places near Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 18 listings within 15 miles, including Fort O'Brien and Gates House.

Source: Register Atlas

Sources

  • Boundary, name: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge boundary layer.
  • States and territories: computed by intersecting the boundary with Census state polygons and coarse outlines of the territories and outlying islands. A place is listed when it holds at least one percent of the area. A boundary that touches no outline is listed under the nearest one.
  • Acreage: geodesic area of the published polygon. The agency’s official acreage can differ where the boundary includes water, easements or inholdings.
  • Photograph: the image Wikidata records for this refuge (Q5188323), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. The article was accepted because its title contains this unit’s name.
  • Campgrounds: the Campsite Atlas index of federal campgrounds, matched to this boundary at build time.
  • Night sky: NASA Black Marble (VIIRS, 2016 composite) sampled at zoom 6 around the center point.
  • Weather, alerts, air quality, river flow and earthquakes load live in your browser from NWS, AirNow, USGS and iNaturalist when you open the page.