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Hancock Beach

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Hancock Beach is a beach in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 98 m. Rattlesnake Mountain stands 300 m to the south, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Hancock Beach Picnic Ground, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.02376, -70.48089

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Mayberry Hill Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Poland Town Forest: 2.9 mi
  • Poland Town Forest: 3.2 mi
  • Poland Town Forest: 3.2 mi
  • Raymond Community Forest: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Crescent Town Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Casco Village Park: 2.5 mi
  • Village Green: 2.5 mi
  • Webb's Mills Park: 2.6 mi
  • Hancock Memorial Field: 3.1 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Public Soccer Field: 3.0 mi
  • Camp Cedar: 3.3 mi
  • Oxford Casino: 6.5 mi
  • PRIVATE sign: 8.2 mi
  • Amphitheatre: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 37
Beaches: 20
  • Pleasant Town Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Tripp Lake Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Otisfield Town Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Crescent Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Lower Range Pond Beach: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Wildlife Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 11.4 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 11.7 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 13.4 mi
  • Sensation Garden: 13.4 mi
Museums: 17
Cliffs: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 11.2 mi
  • Loon Mural: 11.5 mi
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 20.3 mi
  • Tractor: 23.4 mi
  • Athlete Sculptures: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Steep Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Hiram Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Kezar Falls: 20.5 mi
  • First Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 23.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Davis Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Cooper Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Hancock Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake MountainS 183°300 m3.9 mi
Pine HillSW 226°289 m1.3 mi
Scribner HillNNW 328°271 m3.6 mi
Porcupine MountainWNW 301°261 m6.2 mi
Big HillNW 318°255 m7.5 mi
Black Cat MountainESE 117°250 m3.2 mi
Johnson HillESE 111°237 m1.3 mi
Barton HillSSW 206°233 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice05:0019:4520:29
September equinox06:3018:0318:41
December solstice07:1415:2016:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192129425363686759473626
Precip in3.13.03.74.43.74.94.03.94.05.94.44.2

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/229028774

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