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Causeway Beach

Causeway Beach from directly overhead

Causeway Beach is a beach in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Blue Hill Mountain stands 281 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott's Landing Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Island Heritage Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.27779, -68.67933

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bridge End Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pine Hill Nature Area: 1.2 mi
  • Lily Pond Park: 3.4 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 3.9 mi
  • Nature Area: 4.3 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Museums: 38
Cliffs: 26
Historic sites: 24
Gardens: 23
  • Tanglewood Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 21.2 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 24.0 mi
  • Heath: 24.0 mi
  • Mountain: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 10
Springs: 7
  • Lurvey Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Birch Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Maple Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 17.5 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 20.4 mi
  • The Bubble: 21.5 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 24.4 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Vinal Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 18.2 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Causeway Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue Hill MountainNNE 22°281 m11.7 mi
Mount PercivalWNW 292°153 m15.0 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNE 12°148 m3.8 mi
Rocky MountainSSE 169°144 m15.1 mi
Wallamatogus MountainNNW 348°141 m15.0 mi
Jackson HillW 280°126 m15.1 mi
Bald MountainE 85°121 m14.6 mi
Stover HillNNE 25°109 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:23
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0815:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 17 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Little Deer Isle, ME, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/700010389

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