Markey Beach
Markey Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Dodge Mountain stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South Sandy Beach, a beach 1.4 miles away. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Knox County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33327558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Boy Scout Point Town Park: 12.1 mi
- Armbrust Hill Town Park: 12.4 mi
- The Old Ballground: 12.6 mi
- Lawson's Quarry Town Park: 13.1 mi
- Narrows Town Park: 13.1 mi
- Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge: 6.3 mi
- Kintner Salt Marsh: 13.2 mi
- Granite Island Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Watershed Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Round Pond Trail: 15.0 mi
- Western Head: 6.8 mi
- Shag Roost: 7.2 mi
- Armbrust Hill: 12.3 mi
- Dushane Hill: 12.8 mi
- Gooseberry Knob: 13.3 mi
- South Sandy Beach: 1.4 mi
- Medrick Beach: 3.5 mi
- Brimstone Beach: 11.4 mi
- Big White Beach: 12.2 mi
- Lucia Beach: 15.6 mi
- Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum: 12.5 mi
- The Old Homestead: 15.7 mi
- Owls Head Transportation Museum: 17.2 mi
- Saint George Historical Society: 17.4 mi
- Coastal Children’s Museum: 18.9 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 12.5 mi
- Sphere: 19.1 mi
- Lobster: 19.4 mi
- Seagull: 19.6 mi
- Puffin Wall: 19.6 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 18.5 mi
- St. George Fisherman Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Cannon: 19.9 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 21.1 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 17.4 mi
- The Wall: 20.8 mi
- Prison Show Room: 20.8 mi
- Asst. Keeper's House-Gallery-Offic: 22.7 mi
- Negro Head: 20.7 mi
- Burnt Head: 22.6 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 22.8 mi
- Keepers Quarters: 6.2 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
- Vinal Falls: 14.9 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 18.8 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Markey Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge Mountain | NNW 327° | 201 m | 22.4 mi |
| Benner Hill | NW 325° | 188 m | 21.7 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNW 333° | 159 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sawyer Mountain | NE 45° | 148 m | 18.6 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NE 45° | 144 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 330° | 133 m | 21.8 mi |
| Jerusalem Mountain | NE 47° | 127 m | 18.0 mi |
| Stahls Hill | NW 307° | 110 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:38 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:14 | 16:01 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tenants Harbor, 19 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Matinicus Harbor, Wheaton Island, ME, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/584453601
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