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Big Beach

Big Beach from directly overhead

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

Coordinates44.10703, -68.36974

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 55
  • 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
Beaches: 47
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Roadside: 19.4 mi
  • Meadow: 19.4 mi
  • Mountain: 19.4 mi
  • Heath: 19.4 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 16
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Springs: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 14.8 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.8 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainN 360°326 m13.5 mi
Mansell MountainN 2°289 m13.8 mi
Knight NubbleN 360°283 m13.6 mi
Little NotchN 360°271 m13.6 mi
Norumbega MountainNNE 14°260 m15.5 mi
Beech MountainN 5°256 m14.1 mi
Western MountainN 360°246 m13.7 mi
Acadia MountainN 9°208 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0615:1115:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358226546

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