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Ferry Beach

Ferry Beach from directly overhead

Ferry Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Blackstrap Hill stands 151 m to the north, 15 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

Coordinates43.54398, -70.32383

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Snowberry Ocean View Park: 1.0 mi
  • Harmon Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Old Orchard Beach Municipal Court: 3.7 mi
Peaks
  • 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
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums: 35
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 12
  • Elks Club: 7.6 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 8.5 mi
  • Ampitheater: 8.8 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 8.9 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 4.1 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 12.4 mi
  • First Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Steep Falls: 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Ferry Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstrap HillN 1°151 m14.9 mi
Grant HillW 263°146 m16.8 mi
Leighton HillN 358°145 m14.1 mi
Poplar RidgeN 359°133 m17.4 mi
Blackstrap HillN 0°129 m13.9 mi
Milliken HillN 351°119 m14.2 mi
Jones HillN 351°118 m15.6 mi
Canada HillNNW 347°107 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice05:0119:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0318:41
December solstice07:1215:2116:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

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 mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/454743221

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