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Hales Beach

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Hales Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 73 m. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Pond Park, a park 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
73 m

What to expect

Step-free access
No

How to reach it

Coordinates44.56812, -68.51495

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Branch Lake State Park: 2.8 mi
  • Patten Pond Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
  • Ellsworth Sports Complex: 2.9 mi
  • Woodlawn: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 32
Beaches: 26
Cliffs: 26
Gardens: 24
  • COA Community Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Newlin Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 18.8 mi
  • Turrets Seaside Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Children's Garden: 19.9 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 13.4 mi
  • Fort Knox: 14.2 mi
  • Paul Dudley Sargent: 15.4 mi
  • Fort Pownall: 16.2 mi
  • Yourcenar: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 18
  • Fields Pond Visitor Center: 15.7 mi
  • Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 18.5 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 19.6 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 19.6 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 19.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Fern Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Birch Spring: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Ellsworth Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 18.4 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Hales Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNW 325°342 m7.7 mi
Big HillNNW 346°338 m9.3 mi
BlackcapN 349°312 m13.1 mi
Great Pond MountainWNW 287°291 m7.8 mi
Blue Hill MountainSSW 202°281 m10.0 mi
Flag HillWNW 295°270 m5.7 mi
Peaked MountainNW 317°258 m9.0 mi
Kings MountainWNW 301°256 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3920:23
September equinox06:2217:5518:34
December solstice07:0815:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231425361676759483727
Precip in4.13.64.24.33.74.53.13.13.95.14.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 6 mi away.

Mean tidal range 10.59 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Ellsworth, Union River, ME, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/787920985

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