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Old Orchard Beach

Old Orchard Beach from directly overhead

Old Orchard Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Yeaton Hill stands 181 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.50851, -70.37734

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Old Orchard Beach Municipal Court: 0.5 mi
  • Harmon Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Furber Park: 0.7 mi
  • OOB Recreation Complex at the Ballpark: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Slater Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Blue Point Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Goosefare Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Joy Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Scottow Hill: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens: 55
  • Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
  • The Garden at Gull Crest: 8.6 mi
  • The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 9.7 mi
  • The Parks Department Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Libbytown Community Garden: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 21
Cliffs: 9
  • Slackcrack: 4.0 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 7.9 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 12.5 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 12.7 mi
  • The Cliffs: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Elks Club: 10.5 mi
  • Ampitheater: 11.5 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 12.4 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 12.6 mi
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 2.8 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 15.5 mi
  • First Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Orris Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Steep Falls: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Old Orchard Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yeaton HillW181 m18.1 mi
Grant HillW146 m14.0 mi
Leighton HillN145 m16.7 mi
Breakheart HillNNW144 m17.9 mi
Brackett HillW141 m17.6 mi
Blackstrap HillN129 m16.6 mi
Milliken HillN119 m16.4 mi
Jones HillN118 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice05:0119:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0318:41
December solstice07:1215:2216:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 10 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Old Orchard Beach, ME, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/457583125

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