Pine Point Beach
Pine Point Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Blackstrap Hill stands 151 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Snowberry Ocean View Park, a park 0.3 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.
The story
Pine Point Beach is a four-mile municipal beach located on the northern edge of Saco Bay in Scarborough, Maine, United States. It spans the outlet of the Scarborough River. It has 7,000 feet of sandy ocean frontage. It also includes a sensitive sand dune system and a significant number of nearby commercial and residential buildings.
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Wikidata Q33329886, matched on coordinates and name (170 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 18.4 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Snowberry Ocean View Park: 0.3 mi
- Harmon Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Old Orchard Beach Municipal Court: 3.0 mi
- OOB Recreation Complex at the Ballpark: 3.2 mi
- Grand Beach: 0.7 mi
- Ferry Beach: 0.7 mi
- Back Shore: 0.7 mi
- Western Beach: 0.7 mi
- Surfside Beach: 1.3 mi
- Blue Point Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Prouts Neck Bird Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Scarborough Beach State Park: 1.4 mi
- Scarborough River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Bluff Island: 2.3 mi
- Blue Point Hill: 1.5 mi
- Scottow Hill: 3.8 mi
- Spurwink Hill: 4.0 mi
- Slater Hill: 4.3 mi
- Hunnewell Hill: 4.6 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Stage Island Monument: 5.8 mi
- Fort Mary Monument: 6.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.4 mi
- The Garden at Gull Crest: 5.7 mi
- The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 6.7 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 8.7 mi
- Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Museum: 2.6 mi
- Scarborough Museum: 3.4 mi
- York Institute Museum: 5.9 mi
- Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine: 8.0 mi
- International Cryptozoology Museum: 8.0 mi
- Tidal Moon: 7.6 mi
- Split Bench: 7.6 mi
- Thomas Reed Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Slugger the Sea Dog: 8.5 mi
- Seven: 8.7 mi
- Elks Club: 7.9 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 9.0 mi
- Ampitheater: 9.1 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 9.4 mi
- Portland Observatory: 9.7 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 4.9 mi
- Slackcrack: 6.9 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 9.5 mi
- Cod Ledges: 9.7 mi
- The Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 3.5 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 12.9 mi
- First Falls: 19.5 mi
- Steep Falls: 23.8 mi
- Bug Light: 9.5 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Pine Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstrap Hill | N 3° | 151 m | 15.2 mi |
| Grant Hill | W 264° | 146 m | 16.1 mi |
| Leighton Hill | N 1° | 145 m | 14.4 mi |
| Breakheart Hill | NW 319° | 144 m | 17.4 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | N 3° | 129 m | 14.2 mi |
| Milliken Hill | N 353° | 119 m | 14.3 mi |
| Jones Hill | N 353° | 118 m | 15.8 mi |
| Canada Hill | N 350° | 107 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:21 | 16:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.77 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pine Point, Scarborough River, ME, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/455011500
Day trips start here
- Old Orchard Beach · 3 mi
- Saco · 6 mi
- Biddeford · 7 mi
- Buxton · 11 mi
- Gorham · 11 mi
- Kennebunkport · 14 mi
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