Drakes Island Beach
Drakes Island Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Middle Peak stands 263 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Laudholm Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Beach in York County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33326230, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 28.3 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 29.5 mi off the Independence Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Wells Harbor Community Park: 0.8 mi
- Rogers Pond Park: 4.0 mi
- Lower Village Park: 4.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 4.3 mi
- Parsons Field: 4.3 mi
- Coles Hill: 1.6 mi
- Great Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mildram Hill: 3.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.5 mi
- Casino Hill: 4.6 mi
- Wells Reserve at Laudholm: 1.4 mi
- Strawberry Island Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Madelyn Marx Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Abenaki Field: 2.9 mi
- Sea Road Preserve: 3.6 mi
- The Hagenarium: 4.2 mi
- Brick Store Museum: 4.5 mi
- Kennebunk Marine Museum: 4.5 mi
- Lord Mansion Museum: 4.7 mi
- Ogunquit Heritage Museum: 6.0 mi
- Laudholm Beach: 0.6 mi
- Wells Beach: 1.1 mi
- Crescent Surf: 1.2 mi
- Crescent Beach: 2.0 mi
- Parsons Beach: 2.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 1.5 mi
- Mariner's Circle: 10.6 mi
- Memorial Rock: 12.6 mi
- Fort Mary Monument: 13.0 mi
- Stage Island Monument: 13.6 mi
- Our Forebearers of the Coast: 4.6 mi
- Fairy Village: 15.1 mi
- Sherwood Cairn Garden: 18.9 mi
- Snake Eyes: 19.0 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 19.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 13.1 mi
- South Berwick Community Garden: 13.2 mi
- Somersworth Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Sanford Community Garden: 17.3 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 19.8 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 1.0 mi
- Spring Hill: 11.9 mi
- Take Flight: 15.5 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 19.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 19.8 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 7.2 mi
- York Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- Dover Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Slackcrack: 12.2 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 19.0 mi
- Orris Falls: 8.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 16.8 mi
- Hayes Falls: 19.5 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 19.7 mi
- Gonic Trails Falls: 22.2 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 19.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 19.2 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Birthday Bay: 23.0 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 23.4 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Drakes Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Peak | WNW 291° | 263 m | 12.6 mi |
| Bauneg Beg Mountain | WNW 290° | 262 m | 12.4 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 292° | 250 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Hope | WNW 298° | 211 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Agamenticus | SW 226° | 210 m | 9.9 mi |
| Second Hill | SW 226° | 167 m | 9.2 mi |
| Abbott Hill | WNW 284° | 166 m | 14.2 mi |
| Third Hill | SW 225° | 159 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.79 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Wells, Webhannet River, ME, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/995206142
Day trips start here
- Wells · 3 mi
- Kennebunk · 4 mi
- Kennebunkport · 5 mi
- Ogunquit · 6 mi
- Southern Coast · 10 mi
- Biddeford · 12 mi
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