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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. Blackstrap Hill stands 151 m to the north, 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
Historic sites
Beaches
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • 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
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
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: 9
  • Elks Club: 10.5 mi
  • Ampitheater: 11.5 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 11.9 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 12.4 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 12.6 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 17.9 miles of Old Orchard Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstrap HillN 9°151 m17.6 mi
Grant HillW 272°146 m14.0 mi
Leighton HillN 8°145 m16.7 mi
Breakheart HillNNW 328°144 m17.9 mi
Brackett HillW 263°141 m17.6 mi
Blackstrap HillN 10°129 m16.6 mi
Milliken HillN 1°119 m16.4 mi
Jones HillN 1°118 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 mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/457583125

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