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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. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the east, 15 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
Peaks
Beaches
Museums: 36
Cliffs: 25
Historic sites: 20
Artworks: 10
Gardens: 8
  • Tanglewood Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 21.2 mi
  • COA Community Garden: 24.0 mi
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia: 24.0 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 24.0 mi
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 15.3 miles of Causeway Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainE326 m15.3 mi
Blue Hill MountainNNE281 m11.7 mi
Mount PercivalWNW153 m15.0 mi
Caterpillar MountainNNE148 m3.8 mi
Sawyer MountainS148 m15.3 mi
Rocky MountainSSE144 m15.1 mi
Wallamatogus MountainNNW141 m15.0 mi
Jackson HillW126 m15.1 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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/700010389

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