Big Beach
Big Beach is a beach, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 22.3 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 18 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 18 mi
- Sunset view · 18 mi
- Hawk Watch · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frenchboro Preserve: 1.0 mi
- West Sister Island Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Black Island Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Goose Pond Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Big Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Stockbridge Hill: 4.6 mi
- Devils Head: 6.2 mi
- Big Rocks: 9.6 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 4.3 mi
- Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 4.4 mi
- Fire Ponds: 4.4 mi
- Fine Sand Beach: 6.5 mi
- Bass Harbor Light Station: 8.1 mi
- Middle Beach: 0.1 mi
- Little Beach: 0.2 mi
- Whale Beach: 1.2 mi
- Eastern Beach: 1.5 mi
- Hero Beach: 2.8 mi
- High Head: 3.8 mi
- Negro Head: 11.3 mi
- Pierce Head: 13.7 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 13.9 mi
- Canada Cliff: 14.1 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 14.5 mi
- Roadside: 19.4 mi
- Meadow: 19.4 mi
- Mountain: 19.4 mi
- Heath: 19.4 mi
- Store Foundation: 3.8 mi
- House Foundation: 3.8 mi
- Barn Foundation: 3.8 mi
- Sarah Smith Foundation: 4.0 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 8.1 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 12.4 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 12.5 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 13.2 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 13.8 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 4.3 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 6.6 mi
- Bell House: 8.1 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 8.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 8.1 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 11.2 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 13.2 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 16.7 mi
- The Bubble: 17.1 mi
- Thunder Hole: 17.3 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 13.5 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 13.7 mi
- Birch Spring: 16.0 mi
- Maple Spring: 16.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 17.3 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 14.8 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 16.1 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.8 mi
- Vinal Falls: 23.5 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 21.2 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 23.4 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Big Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Mountain | N 360° | 326 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | N 2° | 289 m | 13.8 mi |
| Knight Nubble | N 360° | 283 m | 13.6 mi |
| Little Notch | N 360° | 271 m | 13.6 mi |
| Norumbega Mountain | NNE 14° | 260 m | 15.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | N 5° | 256 m | 14.1 mi |
| Western Mountain | N 360° | 246 m | 13.7 mi |
| Acadia Mountain | N 9° | 208 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:11 | 15:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 19 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Burnt Coat Harbor, Swans Island, ME, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358226546
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 8 mi
- Surry · 28 mi
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