North Point Beach
North Point Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Head, a peak 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off.
The story
beach in Hancock County, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q33327861, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- The Head: 0.3 mi
- The Nubble: 0.8 mi
- Big Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.9 mi
- Harbor Beach: 0.4 mi
- Driftwood Beach: 0.5 mi
- Three Island Beach: 0.6 mi
- Double Beach: 0.8 mi
- Brook Beach: 0.8 mi
- Bradbury Island: 3.0 mi
- Lisa Tolman Wotton Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Lisa Tolman Wotton Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Broad Point Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Spruce Island Preserve: 6.2 mi
- The Island: 4.7 mi
- Islesboro Town Beach: 5.6 mi
- Burnt Island Conservation Area: 6.3 mi
- Pine Hill Nature Area: 6.6 mi
- Bridge End Park: 7.1 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 5.1 mi
- The Good Life Center: 6.0 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 6.2 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 6.4 mi
- Islesboro sailors memorial: 6.8 mi
- The Bluffs: 7.5 mi
- Gull Ledges: 8.4 mi
- Spruce Head: 8.8 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 8.9 mi
- The Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 10.4 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 14.1 mi
- Fort Pownall: 15.7 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 15.8 mi
- Andre the Seal: 13.2 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 13.4 mi
- Puffin Wall: 17.1 mi
- Seagull: 17.1 mi
- Lobster: 17.3 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 15.9 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- Oil House: 23.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 23.8 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 17.8 mi
- Prison Show Room: 21.7 mi
- The Wall: 21.7 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 11.0 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 17.3 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 24.1 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 24.3 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.8 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of North Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | W 270° | 419 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | W 280° | 331 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cameron Mountain | W 278° | 244 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Battie | W 265° | 240 m | 12.5 mi |
| Garey Mountain | W 280° | 239 m | 11.0 mi |
| Derry Mountain | WNW 284° | 231 m | 10.9 mi |
| Ducktrap Mountain | WNW 298° | 218 m | 10.7 mi |
| Beech Hill | NW 307° | 205 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:39 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 14 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pulpit Harbor, North Haven Island, ME, 7 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358226502
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 23 mi
- Orland · 23 mi
- Surry · 23 mi
- Acadia National Park · 24 mi
- Ellsworth · 28 mi
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