Echo Lake Beach
Echo Lake Beach is a beach in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Beach Cliff, a cliff 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Beach in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33326298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 6 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 8 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 8 mi
- Frazer Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beech Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Saint Sauveur Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Carter Nubble: 0.7 mi
- Acadia Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Valley Peak: 1.0 mi
- Charlotte Rhoades Park: 1.8 mi
- Suminsby Park: 2.2 mi
- Pemetic Elementary School play area: 2.5 mi
- Chris's Pond Park: 2.7 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 2.7 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Kelley Farm Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 5.0 mi
- Mitchell Marsh Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Indian Point-Blagden Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Back Beach: 5.6 mi
- Hunters Beach: 5.9 mi
- Cobble Beach: 6.0 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 6.2 mi
- Gilley Beach: 6.8 mi
- Beach Cliff: 0.3 mi
- Canada Cliff: 0.3 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 2.1 mi
- Pierce Head: 4.2 mi
- The Cleft: 5.2 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 2.2 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 3.0 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 3.5 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 5.5 mi
- Yourcenar: 3.2 mi
- Champlain Monument: 5.5 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 6.4 mi
- Fabri memorial: 6.9 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 7.0 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 3.9 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 6.4 mi
- Baker Island Light: 8.5 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 9.2 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 10.1 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 0.8 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 1.6 mi
- Birch Spring: 3.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 3.4 mi
- Fern Spring: 3.8 mi
- The Bubble: 4.4 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 5.5 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 7.3 mi
- Thunder Hole: 7.3 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.4 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 4.3 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 7.1 mi
- COA Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Newlin Garden: 7.9 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 7.9 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 1.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 3.0 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 18.2 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 8.3 mi
- Water Street Mural: 16.2 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 9.2 mi
- Long Cove: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Echo Lake Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | ENE 65° | 466 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | ENE 58° | 419 m | 3.6 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | ENE 73° | 380 m | 4.7 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | ENE 70° | 360 m | 3.6 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | WSW 244° | 326 m | 2.0 mi |
| Dike Peak | ENE 75° | 321 m | 5.6 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | ENE 60° | 316 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 62° | 297 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:10 | 15:58 |
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 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Southwest Harbor, ME, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Inside the official boundary of Acadia National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/281751164
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 6 mi
- Surry · 15 mi
- Ellsworth · 19 mi
- Orland · 26 mi
- Bucksport · 29 mi
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