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Joyce Beach

Joyce Beach from directly overhead

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

Coordinates44.17008, -68.40085

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Beaches: 53
  • 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
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 21
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Roadside: 16.4 mi
  • Mountain: 16.4 mi
  • Meadow: 16.4 mi
  • Heath: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 20
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Springs: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 11.0 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 17.3 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Penobscot MountainNNE 31°360 m13.1 mi
Bernard MountainN 9°326 m9.2 mi
Bald PeakNNE 27°297 m12.8 mi
Mansell MountainNNE 12°289 m9.6 mi
Parkman MountainNNE 26°287 m12.9 mi
Knight NubbleN 9°283 m9.4 mi
Cedar Swamp MountainNNE 29°283 m12.6 mi
Little NotchN 9°271 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1115:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358221141

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