Fortunes Rocks Beach
Fortunes Rocks Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Yeaton Hill stands 181 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Beach, a beach 0.8 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.
The story
Beach in York County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33326386, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 29.9 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitten Hills: 3.5 mi
- Joy Hill: 3.6 mi
- Crow Hill: 5.4 mi
- Fairfield Hill: 5.8 mi
- Goosefare Hill: 6.8 mi
- Yates Street Park: 1.4 mi
- Park in the Pines: 1.4 mi
- Vines Landing: 1.5 mi
- Meadow Woods Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Plymouth Drive Field: 4.0 mi
- Overlook Estates: 0.8 mi
- Sevigny Donation cont'd: 1.5 mi
- Sevigny Donation: 1.6 mi
- Davis Farm: 2.3 mi
- Moreau Donation: 2.6 mi
- Middle Beach: 0.8 mi
- Hills Beach: 1.7 mi
- Freddy Beach: 2.1 mi
- Camp Ellis Reach: 2.3 mi
- Ferry Beach: 3.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
- The Garden at Gull Crest: 12.5 mi
- The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 14.2 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 16.4 mi
- Fort Mary Monument: 1.5 mi
- Stage Island Monument: 2.1 mi
- World War Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Memorial Rock: 6.1 mi
- Mariner's Circle: 7.6 mi
- York Institute Museum: 6.0 mi
- Seashore Trolley Museum: 6.0 mi
- Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Museum: 6.0 mi
- Lord Mansion Museum: 7.0 mi
- Kennebunk Marine Museum: 7.2 mi
- Our Forebearers of the Coast: 7.1 mi
- Tidal Moon: 15.3 mi
- Split Bench: 15.3 mi
- Thomas Reed Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Slugger the Sea Dog: 16.3 mi
- Slackcrack: 5.3 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 12.0 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 16.6 mi
- Cod Ledges: 16.8 mi
- The Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 11.0 mi
- Elks Club: 15.7 mi
- Ampitheater: 16.8 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 17.1 mi
- Portland Observatory: 17.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 7.9 mi
- Orris Falls: 20.1 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 20.6 mi
- Bug Light: 17.0 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Fortunes Rocks Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeaton Hill | WNW 284° | 181 m | 18.8 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 292° | 146 m | 15.3 mi |
| Brackett Hill | W 280° | 141 m | 17.9 mi |
| Ricker Hill | WNW 294° | 116 m | 17.6 mi |
| Welch Hill | WSW 240° | 108 m | 19.4 mi |
| Allen Hill | WSW 256° | 100 m | 18.4 mi |
| Cressey Hill | NNW 345° | 97 m | 18.0 mi |
| Tatnic Hill | SW 236° | 97 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:22 | 16:09 |
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, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.92 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Camp Ellis, Saco River Entrance, ME, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1029676139
Day trips start here
- Biddeford · 5 mi
- Old Orchard Beach · 6 mi
- Kennebunkport · 7 mi
- Saco · 7 mi
- Kennebunk · 9 mi
- Southern Coast · 14 mi
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