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Sand Beach

Sand Beach from directly overhead

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

Coordinates44.15538, -68.47562

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Beaches: 58
  • 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
Cliffs: 23
Museums: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Heath: 19.5 mi
  • Mountain: 19.5 mi
  • Roadside: 19.5 mi
  • Meadow: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 20
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Springs: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 13.7 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Vinal Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bernard MountainNNE 27°326 m11.4 mi
Mansell MountainNNE 28°289 m11.9 mi
Knight NubbleNNE 27°283 m11.5 mi
Little NotchNNE 27°271 m11.5 mi
Norumbega MountainNE 37°260 m14.7 mi
Beech MountainNNE 31°256 m12.5 mi
Western MountainNNE 26°246 m11.6 mi
Acadia MountainNNE 33°208 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5119:3720:22
September equinox06:2217:5518:33
December solstice07:0715:1115:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358226514

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