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Gilley Beach

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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

Coordinates44.25703, -68.22501

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Marsh Head: 0.6 mi
  • Dolly Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Bulger Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Bunker Head: 1.9 mi
  • Bulger Hill: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • 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
Beaches: 35
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Roadside: 7.3 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 7.3 mi
  • Meadow: 7.3 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 7.3 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 18
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Springs: 8
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hadlock Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 6.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 9.3 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 23.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 9.2 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 12.7 mi
  • Double Arch: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Gilley Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainN 0°466 m6.6 mi
Sargent MountainNNW 338°419 m6.4 mi
Dorr MountainN 4°387 m6.8 mi
Pemetic MountainN 349°380 m5.5 mi
Penobscot MountainNNW 339°360 m5.6 mi
Bernard MountainWNW 293°326 m7.9 mi
Champlain MountainNNE 13°323 m6.7 mi
Dike PeakN 360°321 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:1015:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358226550

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