Grand Beach
Grand Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Grant Hill stands 146 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Snowberry Ocean View Park, a park 0.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Snowberry Ocean View Park: 0.4 mi
- Harmon Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Old Orchard Beach Municipal Court: 2.4 mi
- OOB Recreation Complex at the Ballpark: 2.5 mi
- Blue Point Hill: 1.2 mi
- Slater Hill: 3.7 mi
- Scottow Hill: 3.8 mi
- Spurwink Hill: 4.7 mi
- Goosefare Hill: 4.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Stage Island Monument: 5.5 mi
- Fort Mary Monument: 6.2 mi
- Memorial Rock: 6.3 mi
- Blue Point Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Scarborough River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Prouts Neck Bird Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Milliken Mills Trails: 2.0 mi
- Scarborough Beach State Park: 2.0 mi
- Pine Point Beach: 0.7 mi
- Surfside Beach: 0.7 mi
- Western Beach: 1.4 mi
- Ferry Beach: 1.4 mi
- Back Shore: 1.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.9 mi
- The Garden at Gull Crest: 6.3 mi
- The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 7.3 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Libbytown Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Museum: 2.0 mi
- Scarborough Museum: 3.0 mi
- York Institute Museum: 5.2 mi
- Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine: 8.4 mi
- International Cryptozoology Museum: 8.5 mi
- Tidal Moon: 7.9 mi
- Split Bench: 7.9 mi
- Thomas Reed Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Slugger the Sea Dog: 9.0 mi
- Pinecone: 9.2 mi
- Elks Club: 8.2 mi
- Ampitheater: 9.4 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 10.0 mi
- Portland Observatory: 10.2 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 17.1 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 5.6 mi
- Slackcrack: 6.2 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 10.1 mi
- Cod Ledges: 10.3 mi
- The Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 2.9 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 13.2 mi
- First Falls: 20.0 mi
- Steep Falls: 23.5 mi
- Bug Light: 10.0 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Grand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | W 265° | 146 m | 15.5 mi |
| Leighton Hill | N 3° | 145 m | 14.6 mi |
| Breakheart Hill | NW 321° | 144 m | 17.1 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | N 5° | 129 m | 14.4 mi |
| Milliken Hill | N 356° | 119 m | 14.5 mi |
| Jones Hill | N 356° | 118 m | 15.9 mi |
| Ricker Hill | W 270° | 116 m | 17.2 mi |
| Canada Hill | N 353° | 107 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:21 | 16:08 |
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 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 8 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.77 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pine Point, Scarborough River, ME, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/455011497
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