Reach Beach
Reach Beach is a beach in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Shore Acres Preserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Island Heritage Trust
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 27.3 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 21 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 22 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 22 mi
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nature Area: 1.4 mi
- Lily Pond Park: 3.0 mi
- Mariner's Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 3.1 mi
- Brooklin Recreation Field: 4.8 mi
- Lily Pond Beach: 3.0 mi
- Causeway Beach: 4.4 mi
- Birchhead Shore: 5.6 mi
- Sand Beach: 6.7 mi
- Mud Beach: 7.5 mi
- Conary Head: 1.7 mi
- Brays Mountain: 2.3 mi
- High Head: 2.5 mi
- Jims Hill: 3.4 mi
- Burnt Hill: 6.5 mi
- Shore Acres Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Bear Island Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Edgar Tennis Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Edgar M. Tennis Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Carrying Place Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 5.1 mi
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 6.0 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 11.5 mi
- Jonathan Fisher House: 11.8 mi
- Gull Ledges: 7.1 mi
- Negro Head: 10.3 mi
- High Head: 12.3 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 12.3 mi
- Canada Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 11.1 mi
- Store Foundation: 11.3 mi
- Barn Foundation: 11.3 mi
- House Foundation: 11.3 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 13.8 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 5.9 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 10.8 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 13.8 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 17.4 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 19.4 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.2 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 17.1 mi
- The Bubble: 19.3 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 21.7 mi
- Thunder Hole: 21.9 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 14.7 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 15.5 mi
- Birch Spring: 18.0 mi
- Maple Spring: 18.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 18.5 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 18.5 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 20.9 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 21.9 mi
- COA Community Garden: 22.3 mi
- Newlin Garden: 22.4 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 16.9 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 22.9 mi
- Andre the Seal: 23.0 mi
- Water Street Mural: 23.1 mi
- Before The Wind: 24.9 mi
- Vinal Falls: 15.3 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 17.8 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 21.6 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 24.4 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Reach Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Mountain | ENE 69° | 326 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | ENE 68° | 289 m | 13.5 mi |
| Knight Nubble | ENE 68° | 283 m | 13.0 mi |
| Blue Hill Mountain | N 5° | 281 m | 13.8 mi |
| Little Notch | ENE 68° | 271 m | 12.9 mi |
| Western Mountain | ENE 68° | 246 m | 13.0 mi |
| Caterpillar Mountain | NNW 340° | 148 m | 7.1 mi |
| Sawyer Mountain | S 181° | 148 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:38 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:11 | 15:59 |
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 | 31 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Surry, 19 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Center Harbor, ME, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/700007531
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 14 mi
- Surry · 19 mi
- Ellsworth · 24 mi
- Orland · 24 mi
- Bucksport · 25 mi
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