Sand Beach
Sand Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fine Sand Beach, a park 0.2 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Watch · 18 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 19 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 19 mi
- Frazer Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fine Sand Beach: 0.2 mi
- Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 1.9 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 1.9 mi
- Fire Ponds: 4.0 mi
- Fog Island: 6.3 mi
- Big Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Stockbridge Hill: 2.7 mi
- Devils Head: 3.2 mi
- Goose Pond Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Jims Hill: 5.8 mi
- Spindle Cove: 2.3 mi
- Southwest Cove: 2.5 mi
- East Cove: 2.6 mi
- Schooner Cove: 2.8 mi
- Hero Beach: 3.5 mi
- Buckle Island Harbor Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Back Cove Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Ed Woodsum Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area: 4.1 mi
- High Head: 4.3 mi
- Negro Head: 7.6 mi
- Canada Cliff: 12.7 mi
- Beach Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Deer Isle Granite Museum: 9.3 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 10.9 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 11.5 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 11.8 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Store Foundation: 2.5 mi
- House Foundation: 2.5 mi
- Barn Foundation: 2.5 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 8.3 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 10.1 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 2.0 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 6.5 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 8.3 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 11.4 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 13.5 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 11.1 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 12.2 mi
- The Bubble: 16.8 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 17.8 mi
- Thunder Hole: 18.2 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 12.4 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 12.7 mi
- Birch Spring: 15.5 mi
- Maple Spring: 16.1 mi
- Fern Spring: 16.6 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 14.9 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 19.5 mi
- COA Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Newlin Garden: 20.8 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 15.5 mi
- Vinal Falls: 18.8 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.2 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 19.3 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 21.0 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Mountain | NNE 27° | 326 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | NNE 28° | 289 m | 11.9 mi |
| Knight Nubble | NNE 27° | 283 m | 11.5 mi |
| Little Notch | NNE 27° | 271 m | 11.5 mi |
| Norumbega Mountain | NE 37° | 260 m | 14.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNE 31° | 256 m | 12.5 mi |
| Western Mountain | NNE 26° | 246 m | 11.6 mi |
| Acadia Mountain | NNE 33° | 208 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:11 | 15:59 |
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 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 19 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Burnt Coat Harbor, Swans Island, ME, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358226514
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 9 mi
- Surry · 23 mi
- Ellsworth · 29 mi
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