Colony Beach
Colony Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Middle Peak stands 263 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 22.5 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 27.2 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Prospect Hill: 0.3 mi
- Casino Hill: 0.4 mi
- Great Hill: 2.0 mi
- Crow Hill: 2.3 mi
- Fairfield Hill: 3.6 mi
- Silas Perkins Park: 0.8 mi
- River Green: 0.8 mi
- Lower Village Park: 1.1 mi
- Grist Mill Property: 1.3 mi
- Rogers Pond Park: 4.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 3.6 mi
- Mariner's Circle: 9.0 mi
- Fort Mary Monument: 9.1 mi
- Stage Island Monument: 9.8 mi
- Memorial Rock: 10.1 mi
- Gooch's Creek Preserve: 0.7 mi
- James Woods: 1.2 mi
- Bumpkin Island: 1.4 mi
- Strawberry Island Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Madelyn Marx Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.6 mi
- South Berwick Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Somersworth Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Sanford Community Garden: 20.1 mi
- The Garden at Gull Crest: 20.2 mi
- Kennebunk Marine Museum: 0.6 mi
- Lord Mansion Museum: 0.9 mi
- The Hagenarium: 3.7 mi
- Brick Store Museum: 4.2 mi
- Seashore Trolley Museum: 4.4 mi
- Goochs Beach: 0.4 mi
- Arundel Beach: 0.5 mi
- Middle Beach: 1.0 mi
- Little Mother's Beach: 1.2 mi
- Mothers Beach: 1.3 mi
- Our Forebearers of the Coast: 0.8 mi
- Fairy Village: 17.7 mi
- Tidal Moon: 22.4 mi
- Split Bench: 22.4 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 22.7 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 3.9 mi
- Spring Hill: 16.1 mi
- Take Flight: 19.0 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 22.4 mi
- Elks Club: 22.6 mi
- Slackcrack: 9.6 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 10.1 mi
- York Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Dover Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 19.6 mi
- Orris Falls: 12.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Hayes Falls: 23.8 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 23.9 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 13.9 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 22.4 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 22.4 mi
- Bug Light: 24.5 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Colony Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Peak | W 281° | 263 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bauneg Beg Mountain | W 280° | 262 m | 15.8 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 282° | 250 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Agamenticus | SW 232° | 210 m | 13.9 mi |
| Yeaton Hill | NW 308° | 181 m | 16.7 mi |
| Second Hill | SW 233° | 167 m | 13.2 mi |
| Third Hill | SW 232° | 159 m | 12.5 mi |
| Grant Hill | NW 322° | 146 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:23 | 16:10 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kennebunkport, 1 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.84 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Kennebunkport, ME, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/788922163
Day trips start here
Take the scenic way to Colony Beach.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.