Goss Beach
Goss Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the northeast, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wentworth Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 27 miles off.
The story
Beach in Knox County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33326538, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 26.7 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 29 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 30 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rabbits Ear Island: 2.8 mi
- Doliver Island: 3.0 mi
- Fog Island: 4.8 mi
- Geary's Beach Town Park: 7.3 mi
- Small Cove Park: 7.5 mi
- Sharks Point Beach: 0.9 mi
- Boom Beach: 1.9 mi
- Ledge Beach: 5.5 mi
- Mud Beach: 5.6 mi
- Brimstone Beach: 7.0 mi
- Wentworth Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Jerusalem Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Black Dina: 1.2 mi
- Sawyer Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Isle au Haut Land Conservation Trust: 1.5 mi
- Head Harbor Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- Nathan Island: 3.4 mi
- Pell Island: 3.7 mi
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 7.6 mi
- Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum: 9.9 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 11.1 mi
- North Haven Museum: 13.6 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 13.6 mi
- Negro Head: 3.5 mi
- High Head: 14.6 mi
- Gull Ledges: 19.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 23.4 mi
- Canada Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 2.1 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Barn Foundation: 11.4 mi
- House Foundation: 11.5 mi
- Store Foundation: 11.6 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 11.3 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 15.6 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 19.2 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 20.6 mi
- Keepers Quarters: 21.1 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 9.6 mi
- Sphere: 23.4 mi
- Lobster: 23.6 mi
- Andre the Seal: 23.6 mi
- Puffin Wall: 23.6 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 1.9 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 23.2 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.4 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 24.6 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 23.3 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 23.7 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Goss Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Mountain | NE 47° | 148 m | 1.3 mi |
| Caterpillar Mountain | N 357° | 148 m | 19.6 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NE 43° | 144 m | 1.5 mi |
| Jerusalem Mountain | ENE 79° | 127 m | 0.9 mi |
| Winche Mountain | NNW 348° | 92 m | 20.0 mi |
| Duck Harbor Mountain | SSW 195° | 80 m | 1.8 mi |
| Wentworth Mountain | S 169° | 78 m | 0.6 mi |
| Goose Pond Mountain | ENE 60° | 74 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:38 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 27 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Isle Au Haut, ME, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358230154
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 20 mi
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