Hales Beach
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
- 12.3 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 13.9 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 17.4 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 28.9 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 15 mi
- Hawk Watch · 21 mi
- Sunset view · 21 mi
- Schooner Head Overlook Parking Lot Accessibility Information · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Dollard Hill: 1.4 mi
- Watts Hill: 1.4 mi
- Oak Hill: 5.3 mi
- Flag Hill: 5.7 mi
- Flying Moose Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Branch Lake Public Forest: 1.5 mi
- Meadowbrook Forest: 4.1 mi
- Patten Stream Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Indian Point Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Jordan Homestead Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Colonel Black Mansion Museum: 4.6 mi
- Ellsworth Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Telephone Museum: 5.8 mi
- Jonathan Fisher House: 12.0 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 13.0 mi
- Jesse Beach: 7.0 mi
- Otis Beach: 8.1 mi
- Dunn Beach: 8.8 mi
- Carrying Place Beach: 9.1 mi
- Marlboro Beach: 13.3 mi
- The Bluffs: 10.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Rider Bluff: 13.9 mi
- The Ovens: 15.3 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 15.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Water Street Mural: 4.8 mi
- Before The Wind: 13.8 mi
- The Whale: 13.8 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 19.6 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 20.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 22.1 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 23.1 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 23.7 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 15.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NW 325° | 342 m | 7.7 mi |
| Big Hill | NNW 346° | 338 m | 9.3 mi |
| Blackcap | N 349° | 312 m | 13.1 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | WNW 287° | 291 m | 7.8 mi |
| Blue Hill Mountain | SSW 202° | 281 m | 10.0 mi |
| Flag Hill | WNW 295° | 270 m | 5.7 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | NW 317° | 258 m | 9.0 mi |
| Kings Mountain | WNW 301° | 256 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:39 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/787920985
Day trips start here
- Ellsworth · 2 mi
- Surry · 5 mi
- Orland · 11 mi
- Bucksport · 14 mi
- Acadia National Park · 26 mi
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