Long Sands
Long Sands is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Dover Bluff, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 8.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Independence Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 27.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- York Beach Ballfield and Park: 0.7 mi
- Ellis Park: 0.8 mi
- Sohier Park: 1.2 mi
- Hartley Mason Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Gilman Moulton Park: 2.4 mi
- Simpson Hill: 1.4 mi
- Young Hill: 2.3 mi
- Wander Hill: 2.8 mi
- Cat Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Sewall Hill: 3.2 mi
- Lafcadio's Woods Preserve: 3.5 mi
- York Water District Lands: 3.7 mi
- Fuller Forest Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Kittery Water District Lands: 4.1 mi
- Brave Boat Headwaters Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Grave of William Pepperrell: 7.1 mi
- Fort McClary Blockhouse: 7.4 mi
- Rifleman's House: 7.4 mi
- Fort William and Mary: 8.0 mi
- USS Grayling Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Emerson-Wilcox House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Old Gaol Museum: 2.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum: 2.3 mi
- Sayward-Wheeler House Museum: 2.5 mi
- John Hancock Warehouse: 2.8 mi
- Short Sands Beach: 0.9 mi
- Cape Neddick Beach: 1.9 mi
- Cape Neddick Beach: 1.9 mi
- Harbor Beach: 2.5 mi
- Little Beach: 5.7 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 8.6 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 8.9 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 9.0 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 9.3 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 9.4 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 9.1 mi
- Trial Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Community Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Victory Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Take Flight: 5.0 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 7.9 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 9.2 mi
- EDALHAB: 9.6 mi
- Spring Hill: 9.9 mi
- Orris Falls: 9.0 mi
- Hayes Falls: 14.8 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 15.0 mi
- Second Falls: 17.1 mi
- Packer's Falls: 17.4 mi
- Dover Bluff: 0.6 mi
- York Cliffs: 2.5 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 13.6 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 13.7 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Birthday Bay: 12.2 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 16.2 mi
- Front Pavilion: 16.3 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 16.4 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 1.3 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 7.9 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 7.9 mi
- Oil House: 7.9 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 20.0 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 20.1 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 19.4 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Long Sands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agamenticus | NW 317° | 210 m | 5.5 mi |
| Second Hill | NW 324° | 167 m | 5.7 mi |
| Third Hill | NNW 332° | 159 m | 5.6 mi |
| Horse Hills | NW 307° | 118 m | 5.3 mi |
| Welch Hill | NNW 332° | 108 m | 9.7 mi |
| Third Hill | W 275° | 104 m | 8.2 mi |
| Norman Hill | NW 319° | 103 m | 7.0 mi |
| Brown Hill | NNW 329° | 102 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:24 | 16:11 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Neddick, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Cape Neddick, ME, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/751222947
Day trips start here
- York · 2 mi
- Ogunquit · 6 mi
- Portsmouth · 10 mi
- Wells · 11 mi
- Dover · 13 mi
- Kennebunkport · 15 mi
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