Crescent Beach
Crescent Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Seapoint Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Independence Byway
- 21.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 27.5 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Foster Park: 1.8 mi
- Emery Park: 3.5 mi
- Hartley Mason Reservation: 3.6 mi
- Rogers Park: 3.6 mi
- Gilman Moulton Park: 3.6 mi
- Grave of William Pepperrell: 2.0 mi
- Fort McClary Blockhouse: 2.3 mi
- Rifleman's House: 2.3 mi
- Fort William and Mary: 2.5 mi
- Fort Stark State Historic Site: 3.1 mi
- Forty Acre Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sewall Hill: 3.3 mi
- Boatswain Hill: 3.3 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 4.9 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 5.2 mi
- Wood Island Life Saving Station: 2.2 mi
- Fort McClary: 2.3 mi
- Lady Pepperell House Museum: 2.7 mi
- New Castle, NH Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Elizabeth Perkins House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Seapoint Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Fairchild Conservation Easement: 1.3 mi
- Furbish: 1.4 mi
- Cutts: 1.8 mi
- Brave Boat Headwaters Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Seapoint Beach: 0.3 mi
- Harbor Beach: 3.5 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 5.1 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 5.6 mi
- Long Sands: 6.0 mi
- Bones: 3.8 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 4.3 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 4.4 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 4.4 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 4.4 mi
- Trial Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 4.5 mi
- Victory Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Goodwin Garden: 4.6 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- Take Flight: 3.7 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 4.8 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 6.9 mi
- Fuller Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Orris Falls: 13.4 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 14.3 mi
- Second Falls: 14.4 mi
- Packer's Falls: 14.6 mi
- Hayes Falls: 14.8 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Birthday Bay: 6.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 11.9 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 12.0 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 12.1 mi
- Dover Bluff: 6.4 mi
- York Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 13.5 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 17.9 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 2.5 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 2.5 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Front Range Light: 21.5 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 14.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 14.4 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 16.3 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 18.2 mi
- Lion's Spring: 22.1 mi
- Rail Spring: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Crescent Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agamenticus | N 351° | 210 m | 9.7 mi |
| Second Hill | N 355° | 167 m | 10.2 mi |
| Third Hill | NW 317° | 104 m | 8.5 mi |
| Norman Hill | NNW 348° | 103 m | 11.0 mi |
| Horse Hills | NNW 344° | 98 m | 8.6 mi |
| Groundnut Hill | N 4° | 93 m | 8.7 mi |
| Stratham Hill | WSW 255° | 88 m | 11.8 mi |
| Great Hill | NW 310° | 87 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:25 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 9 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Seapoint, Cutts Island, ME, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/930445354
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