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Eastern Beach

Eastern Beach from directly overhead

Eastern Beach is a beach, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Penobscot Mountain stands 360 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Whale Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.

The story

beach in Hancock County, Maine, United States

Wikidata Q33326290, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.12286, -68.34807

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 56
  • Fire Ponds: 3.9 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 4.8 mi
  • Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 5.1 mi
  • Bass Harbor Light Station: 6.9 mi
  • Fine Sand Beach: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 44
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Roadside: 17.9 mi
  • Meadow: 17.9 mi
  • Mountain: 17.9 mi
  • Heath: 17.9 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 16
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 9.7 mi
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 15.3 mi
  • The Bubble: 15.7 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 15.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Jesuit Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Birch Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 13.6 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 19.4 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Eastern Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Penobscot MountainNNE 15°360 m15.1 mi
Bernard MountainN 355°326 m12.5 mi
Bald PeakNNE 12°297 m15.0 mi
Mansell MountainN 357°289 m12.7 mi
Parkman MountainNNE 12°287 m15.2 mi
Knight NubbleN 355°283 m12.6 mi
Cedar Swamp MountainNNE 14°283 m14.6 mi
Little NotchN 355°271 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0615:1115:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 18 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Burnt Coat Harbor, Swans Island, ME, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358226542

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