Big Sand Beach
Big Sand Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 97 m. Musquash Mountain stands 364 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knoll, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
beach in Washington County, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q33325530, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 97 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knoll: 1.0 mi
- Dark Cove Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Porcupine Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Farm Cove Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Duck Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest: 5.9 mi
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest: 7.0 mi
- Keg Lake Public Reserved Land: 10.6 mi
- Upper Dobsis Public Reserved Land: 11.0 mi
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest: 13.7 mi
- West Lake Access: 11.8 mi
- Springfield Fair: 16.5 mi
- Muwin Park: 17.4 mi
- Cole’s Landing: 19.3 mi
- Mopang Lake Boating Access: 19.9 mi
- Little River Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 15.0 mi
- The High Bluffs: 21.4 mi
- Roberts Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 6.4 mi
- Campbell Shore: 17.7 mi
- Hold Shore: 17.7 mi
- Cole's Landing Beach: 19.3 mi
- Big Falls: 10.7 mi
- Little Falls: 11.5 mi
- Grand Falls: 15.0 mi
- Riceville: 18.2 mi
- Indian Township Museum: 19.8 mi
- Princeton War Monument: 20.2 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Big Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musquash Mountain | NNE 34° | 364 m | 16.8 mi |
| Duck Mountain | W 260° | 362 m | 6.8 mi |
| Brown Hill | N 349° | 338 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | SSW 197° | 335 m | 10.2 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | SW 218° | 326 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | N 351° | 317 m | 13.6 mi |
| Gates Hill | NNW 348° | 309 m | 15.5 mi |
| Dill Hill | N 6° | 304 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:38 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:04 | 15:53 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Lake Stream, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1115510298
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