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Pine Point Beach

Pine Point Beach from directly overhead

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

Coordinates43.54008, -70.33650

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • 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
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums: 35
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 12
  • 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
Cliffs: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 3.5 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 12.9 mi
  • First Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Steep Falls: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstrap HillN 3°151 m15.2 mi
Grant HillW 264°146 m16.1 mi
Leighton HillN 1°145 m14.4 mi
Breakheart HillNW 319°144 m17.4 mi
Blackstrap HillN 3°129 m14.2 mi
Milliken HillN 353°119 m14.3 mi
Jones HillN 353°118 m15.8 mi
Canada HillN 350°107 m13.8 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 solstice07:1215:2116:08

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, 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/455011500

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