Gilley Beach
Gilley Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the north, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Marsh Head, a peak 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Beach in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33326465, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 5 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 5 mi
- Hawk Watch · 7 mi
- Frazer Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marsh Head: 0.6 mi
- Dolly Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bulger Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bunker Head: 1.9 mi
- Great Head: 2.1 mi
- Hadlock Park: 0.7 mi
- Seal Harbor Beach: 2.8 mi
- Thuya Garden: 3.9 mi
- Town play ground: 4.3 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 4.4 mi
- Cranberry Shores Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Preble Cove Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Great Gott Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Kelley Farm Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Acadia National Park: 6.6 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 2.9 mi
- Hunters Beach: 2.9 mi
- Boulder Beach: 4.3 mi
- Sand Beach: 5.4 mi
- Cobble Beach: 5.7 mi
- Rhodes Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Pierce Head: 2.8 mi
- The Cleft: 3.5 mi
- Otter Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Otter Cliffs: 4.2 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 3.8 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 5.4 mi
- Abbe Museum: 7.2 mi
- Champlain Monument: 3.0 mi
- Fabri memorial: 4.2 mi
- Bates Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 6.1 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 7.1 mi
- Baker Island Light: 1.7 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 2.9 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 6.1 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 8.0 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 8.0 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 2.2 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 4.2 mi
- Thunder Hole: 4.7 mi
- The Bubble: 5.9 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 9.4 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 5.2 mi
- Birch Spring: 5.5 mi
- Maple Spring: 6.1 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 6.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 6.8 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 3.2 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 7.3 mi
- Newlin Garden: 9.5 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 9.5 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 9.6 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 5.8 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 6.2 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.3 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 23.9 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 9.2 mi
- Water Street Mural: 21.9 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 12.7 mi
- Double Arch: 23.7 mi
- Long Cove: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Gilley Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | N 0° | 466 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | NNW 338° | 419 m | 6.4 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | N 4° | 387 m | 6.8 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | N 349° | 380 m | 5.5 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | NNW 339° | 360 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | WNW 293° | 326 m | 7.9 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | NNE 13° | 323 m | 6.7 mi |
| Dike Peak | N 360° | 321 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:10 | 15:57 |
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, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Southwest Harbor, ME, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358226550
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 6 mi
- Surry · 22 mi
- Ellsworth · 25 mi
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