Parsons Beach
Parsons Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Middle Peak stands 263 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 21.2 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 27.1 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Hill: 0.4 mi
- Coles Hill: 2.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.6 mi
- Casino Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mildram Hill: 4.0 mi
- Lower Village Park: 2.1 mi
- Silas Perkins Park: 2.5 mi
- River Green: 2.5 mi
- Grist Mill Property: 2.6 mi
- Rogers Pond Park: 2.8 mi
- Madelyn Marx Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Strawberry Island Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Wells Reserve at Laudholm: 1.8 mi
- Gooch's Creek Preserve: 1.9 mi
- The Secret Garden: 1.9 mi
- Rachel Carson: 1.3 mi
- Mariner's Circle: 9.1 mi
- Memorial Rock: 10.8 mi
- Fort Mary Monument: 11.0 mi
- Stage Island Monument: 11.6 mi
- Kennebunk Marine Museum: 2.6 mi
- Lord Mansion Museum: 2.7 mi
- The Hagenarium: 2.8 mi
- Brick Store Museum: 3.2 mi
- Seashore Trolley Museum: 4.8 mi
- Crescent Surf: 0.8 mi
- Mothers Beach: 1.1 mi
- Little Mother's Beach: 1.2 mi
- Middle Beach: 1.4 mi
- Laudholm Beach: 1.4 mi
- Our Forebearers of the Coast: 2.5 mi
- Fairy Village: 15.7 mi
- Sherwood Cairn Garden: 20.9 mi
- Snake Eyes: 21.0 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 21.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
- South Berwick Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Somersworth Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Sanford Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 21.8 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 1.6 mi
- Spring Hill: 13.9 mi
- Take Flight: 17.4 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 21.0 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 21.8 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Slackcrack: 10.4 mi
- York Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Dover Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 21.0 mi
- Orris Falls: 10.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 14.9 mi
- Hayes Falls: 21.5 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 21.7 mi
- Gonic Trails Falls: 24.1 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 12.8 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 21.0 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 21.0 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Birthday Bay: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Parsons Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Peak | WNW 284° | 263 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bauneg Beg Mountain | WNW 282° | 262 m | 13.6 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 285° | 250 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Hope | WNW 290° | 211 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Agamenticus | SW 226° | 210 m | 12.0 mi |
| Yeaton Hill | NW 314° | 181 m | 15.1 mi |
| Second Hill | SW 227° | 167 m | 11.2 mi |
| Third Hill | SW 226° | 159 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:23 | 16:10 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kennebunkport, 3 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.84 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Kennebunkport, ME, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/765253500
Day trips start here
- Kennebunk · 3 mi
- Kennebunkport · 3 mi
- Wells · 5 mi
- Ogunquit · 8 mi
- Biddeford · 10 mi
- Southern Coast · 10 mi
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