Joyce Beach
Joyce Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Penobscot Mountain stands 360 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Ponds, a park 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 12 miles off.
The story
Beach in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33326859, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 16 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 15 mi
- Hawk Watch · 15 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 16 mi
- Frazer Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fire Ponds: 0.2 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 2.6 mi
- Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 3.4 mi
- Fine Sand Beach: 4.1 mi
- Bass Harbor Light Station: 4.8 mi
- Stockbridge Hill: 1.2 mi
- Big Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Goose Pond Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Big Rocks: 6.0 mi
- Devils Head: 6.2 mi
- Hero Beach: 2.5 mi
- East Cove: 3.3 mi
- Spindle Cove: 3.5 mi
- Schooner Cove: 3.6 mi
- Southwest Cove: 3.7 mi
- West Sister Island Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Placentia Island Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Back Cove Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Black Island Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Buckle Island Harbor Preserve: 3.3 mi
- High Head: 0.9 mi
- Canada Cliff: 10.2 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 10.4 mi
- Beach Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Pierce Head: 10.7 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 8.7 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 9.4 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 9.9 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
- Store Foundation: 3.2 mi
- House Foundation: 3.3 mi
- Barn Foundation: 3.4 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 4.8 mi
- Champlain Monument: 12.4 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 3.4 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 4.8 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 7.3 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 7.9 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 10.2 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 8.6 mi
- The Bubble: 13.8 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.3 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 14.4 mi
- Thunder Hole: 14.8 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 9.8 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 9.8 mi
- Birch Spring: 12.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 13.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 13.8 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 11.5 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 16.4 mi
- COA Community Garden: 17.9 mi
- Newlin Garden: 17.9 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 17.9 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 11.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 12.6 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Vinal Falls: 22.7 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 18.0 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 23.1 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Joyce Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penobscot Mountain | NNE 31° | 360 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | N 9° | 326 m | 9.2 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | NNE 27° | 316 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 27° | 297 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | NNE 12° | 289 m | 9.6 mi |
| Parkman Mountain | NNE 26° | 287 m | 12.9 mi |
| Knight Nubble | N 9° | 283 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cedar Swamp Mountain | NNE 29° | 283 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:11 | 15:58 |
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 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 16 mi away.
Mean tidal range 10.14 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Mackerel Cove, Swans Island, ME, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358221141
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 5 mi
- Surry · 23 mi
- Ellsworth · 28 mi
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