Orchard Beach
Orchard Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 24.6 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Big Mountain: 0.3 mi
- The Head: 1.9 mi
- The Nubble: 2.1 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.9 mi
- The Island: 4.7 mi
- Pine Hill Nature Area: 5.6 mi
- Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 5.6 mi
- Lily Pond Park: 5.6 mi
- Burnt Island Conservation Area: 5.9 mi
- The Brook Beach: 1.3 mi
- Lighthouse Beach: 1.3 mi
- Double Beach: 1.6 mi
- Brook Beach: 1.6 mi
- North Point Beach: 1.6 mi
- Bradbury Island: 1.6 mi
- Lisa Tolman Wotton Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Barred Island Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Pine Hill Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Carney Island: 5.8 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 4.6 mi
- The Good Life Center: 6.7 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 6.7 mi
- North Haven Museum: 7.2 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Gull Ledges: 7.8 mi
- The Bluffs: 8.7 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 10.4 mi
- Spruce Head: 10.4 mi
- The Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 10.9 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 12.8 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Fort Pownall: 16.3 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 17.0 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 13.0 mi
- Andre the Seal: 14.6 mi
- Puffin Wall: 18.2 mi
- Seagull: 18.2 mi
- Lobster: 18.3 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 13.2 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 14.4 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 22.3 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 16.5 mi
- Prison Show Room: 22.7 mi
- The Wall: 22.8 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.6 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 24.0 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 12.6 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 18.4 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 22.9 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Orchard Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | W 273° | 419 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | W 281° | 331 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Battie | W 267° | 240 m | 14.0 mi |
| Garey Mountain | WNW 282° | 239 m | 12.6 mi |
| Derry Mountain | WNW 285° | 231 m | 12.5 mi |
| Ducktrap Mountain | WNW 297° | 218 m | 12.3 mi |
| Beech Hill | NW 305° | 205 m | 12.7 mi |
| Priest Hill | NW 310° | 181 m | 13.2 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 | 17:56 | 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, 15 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Little Deer Isle, ME, 6 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358226479
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 23 mi
- Orland · 23 mi
- Surry · 23 mi
- Bucksport · 24 mi
- Ellsworth · 28 mi
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