Head Beach
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Head Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Kenniston Hill stands 87 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Dune Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away.
The story
Beach in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33326668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Haskell Hill: 0.9 mi
- Small Point Hill: 1.2 mi
- Morse Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cushman Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bowie Hill: 3.3 mi
- Morse Mountain Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Hook Rock Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Spirit Pond Preserve (Popham Beach State Park): 2.8 mi
- The Bumper: 3.0 mi
- McDonald Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Fort Baldwin State Historic Site: 3.8 mi
- Popham Colony: 4.0 mi
- Fort Popham State Historic Site: 4.2 mi
- Houghton Graves Park: 7.0 mi
- Mackerel Cove Lot: 7.4 mi
- Floratorium: 3.4 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 13.0 mi
- Organic Vegetable Fields: 13.4 mi
- Fort Popham (historical): 4.2 mi
- Rachel Carson Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Southport Civil War Monument: 11.3 mi
- Monument E: 12.7 mi
- Jewell Island Military Reservation: 12.7 mi
- Circles Petroglyph: 5.3 mi
- Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph: 6.9 mi
- Wild Bird Petroglyph: 6.9 mi
- Lobstermans Statue: 7.5 mi
- Wyoming schooner: 12.3 mi
- Sand Dune Beach: 0.4 mi
- Spring Beach: 1.2 mi
- Seawall Beach: 1.6 mi
- Hunnewell Beach: 3.6 mi
- Popham Beach: 4.1 mi
- Seguin Lighthouse Museum and Gift Shop: 4.7 mi
- Phippsburg Historical Museum: 5.4 mi
- Georgetown Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 8.8 mi
- Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum: 10.0 mi
- Thunderhole: 7.2 mi
- Arbor Garden: 14.3 mi
- Vayo Meditation Garden: 14.3 mi
- Haney Hillside Garden: 14.3 mi
- Balmy Days Cruises: 14.4 mi
- Morse Point: 3.0 mi
- Hockomock Head: 13.3 mi
- White Head Cliff: 17.7 mi
- The Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Cod Ledges: 18.2 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 11.7 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 11.8 mi
- Bug Light: 19.7 mi
- First Falls: 17.3 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Head Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenniston Hill | NE 45° | 87 m | 16.2 mi |
| Oak Hill | NW 324° | 85 m | 15.8 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | NW 307° | 85 m | 17.1 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | N 6° | 81 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bald Rock | NW 322° | 81 m | 17.4 mi |
| Higgins Mountain | NE 34° | 79 m | 8.1 mi |
| Winston Hill | WNW 300° | 73 m | 15.7 mi |
| Brimstone Hill | NW 318° | 72 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:41 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:19 | 16:06 |
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 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick NAS, 13 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.48 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Fort Popham, Hunniwell Point, ME, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/694946172
Day trips start here
- Gorham · 30 mi
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