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Birchhead Shore

Birchhead Shore from directly overhead

Birchhead Shore is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the east, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hundred Acre Wood, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

What to expect

Step-free access
No

How to reach it

Coordinates44.30702, -68.56197

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brooklin Recreation Field: 1.3 mi
  • Bridge End Park: 6.5 mi
  • Walker Pond Heritage Park: 6.6 mi
  • Nature Area: 6.9 mi
  • Pine Hill Nature Area: 7.0 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Museums: 31
Cliffs: 27
Historic sites: 24
Gardens: 22
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 15.3 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Heath: 17.9 mi
  • Mountain: 17.9 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 15.0 mi
  • The Bubble: 15.4 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 18.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 18.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 18.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Birch Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Man O War Waterfall: 12.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 17.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Birchhead Shore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainE 92°326 m9.4 mi
Mansell MountainE 90°289 m9.9 mi
Knight NubbleE 91°283 m9.5 mi
Blue Hill MountainN 351°281 m8.9 mi
Little NotchE 91°271 m9.4 mi
Norumbega MountainE 85°260 m13.2 mi
Beech MountainE 89°256 m10.7 mi
Western MountainE 90°246 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:47
June solstice04:5119:3820:23
September equinox06:2217:5518:34
December solstice07:0815:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231425361676759483727
Precip in4.13.64.24.33.74.53.13.13.95.14.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 14 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Center Harbor, ME, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358226570

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