Ferry Beach
Ferry Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Grant Hill stands 146 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Back Shore, a beach 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Snowberry Ocean View Park: 1.0 mi
- Harmon Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Old Orchard Beach Municipal Court: 3.7 mi
- Willey Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Blue Point Hill: 1.9 mi
- Spurwink Hill: 3.4 mi
- Scottow Hill: 3.9 mi
- Hunnewell Hill: 4.3 mi
- Cross Hill: 4.4 mi
- Back Shore: 0.1 mi
- Western Beach: 0.4 mi
- Pine Point Beach: 0.7 mi
- Grand Beach: 1.4 mi
- Surfside Beach: 2.0 mi
- Scarborough Beach State Park: 0.7 mi
- Prouts Neck Bird Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Blue Point Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Libby River Farm Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Scarborough River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- World War Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Cape Elizabeth War Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Stage Island Monument: 6.2 mi
- Fort Mary Monument: 6.8 mi
- The Garden at Gull Crest: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.0 mi
- The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 6.1 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 8.2 mi
- Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Museum: 3.3 mi
- Scarborough Museum: 3.8 mi
- York Institute Museum: 6.6 mi
- Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine: 7.6 mi
- International Cryptozoology Museum: 7.6 mi
- Tidal Moon: 7.2 mi
- Split Bench: 7.2 mi
- Thomas Reed Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Slugger the Sea Dog: 8.1 mi
- Seven: 8.2 mi
- Elks Club: 7.6 mi
- Ampitheater: 8.8 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 8.9 mi
- Portland Observatory: 9.2 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 18.3 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 4.2 mi
- Slackcrack: 7.6 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 8.8 mi
- Cod Ledges: 9.1 mi
- The Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 4.1 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 12.4 mi
- First Falls: 19.0 mi
- Steep Falls: 24.0 mi
- Bug Light: 8.9 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Ferry Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | W 263° | 146 m | 16.8 mi |
| Leighton Hill | N 358° | 145 m | 14.1 mi |
| Breakheart Hill | NW 317° | 144 m | 17.6 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | N 359° | 133 m | 17.4 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | N 0° | 129 m | 13.9 mi |
| Milliken Hill | N 351° | 119 m | 14.2 mi |
| Jones Hill | N 351° | 118 m | 15.6 mi |
| Canada Hill | NNW 347° | 107 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:21 | 16:08 |
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 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.77 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pine Point, Scarborough River, ME, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/454743221
Day trips start here
- Old Orchard Beach · 4 mi
- Saco · 6 mi
- Biddeford · 8 mi
- Gorham · 11 mi
- Buxton · 12 mi
- Kennebunkport · 15 mi
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