Bear Island Beach
Bear Island Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Steep Bank Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.
The story
beach in Hancock County, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q33325450, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Steep Bank Beach: 0.2 mi
- Walton Beach: 0.3 mi
- Brook Beach: 0.4 mi
- Double Beach: 0.4 mi
- Three Island Beach: 0.4 mi
- The Nubble: 0.2 mi
- The Head: 0.8 mi
- Big Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.2 mi
- Bradbury Island: 3.5 mi
- Mill Stream Property: 5.4 mi
- Pulpit Harbor Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Spruce Island Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Broad Point Preserve: 6.3 mi
- The Island: 3.9 mi
- Islesboro Town Beach: 5.2 mi
- Burnt Island Conservation Area: 5.6 mi
- Pine Hill Nature Area: 7.3 mi
- The Ball Field: 7.3 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 5.3 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- North Haven Museum: 6.0 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 6.3 mi
- The Good Life Center: 6.7 mi
- The Bluffs: 8.1 mi
- Spruce Head: 8.9 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 9.1 mi
- Gull Ledges: 9.2 mi
- The Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 11.2 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 13.7 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 15.1 mi
- Cannon: 16.3 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 12.6 mi
- Andre the Seal: 12.6 mi
- Puffin Wall: 16.4 mi
- Seagull: 16.4 mi
- Lobster: 16.5 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 16.3 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- Oil House: 24.2 mi
- Keeper's House: 24.2 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 17.4 mi
- Prison Show Room: 20.9 mi
- The Wall: 21.0 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 10.9 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 16.6 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 23.4 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 24.9 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.0 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Bear Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | W 274° | 419 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | WNW 284° | 331 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cameron Mountain | WNW 282° | 244 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Battie | W 268° | 240 m | 12.0 mi |
| Garey Mountain | WNW 285° | 239 m | 10.8 mi |
| Derry Mountain | WNW 288° | 231 m | 10.7 mi |
| Ducktrap Mountain | WNW 303° | 218 m | 10.7 mi |
| Beech Hill | NW 311° | 205 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:39 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 14 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pulpit Harbor, North Haven Island, ME, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358226483
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 24 mi
- Orland · 24 mi
- Surry · 24 mi
- Acadia National Park · 25 mi
- Ellsworth · 29 mi
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