Sand Beach
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Sand Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Head, a peak 0.4 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- On the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 5.6 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 20.2 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Beehive Overlook · 1 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 1 mi
- Hawk Watch · 3 mi
- Frazer Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Head: 0.4 mi
- The Beehive: 0.4 mi
- Gorham Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Halfway Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Enoch Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Town play ground: 1.5 mi
- Seal Harbor Beach: 3.7 mi
- Glen Mary Park: 3.9 mi
- Village Green: 4.2 mi
- Grant Park: 4.2 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Flat Island: 5.0 mi
- Ned Island Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Preble Cove Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Cranberry Shores Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Boulder Beach: 1.1 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 2.6 mi
- Hunters Beach: 2.7 mi
- Gilley Beach: 5.4 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 7.7 mi
- Cadillac Cliffs: 0.6 mi
- Oak Hill Cliff: 0.7 mi
- Otter Cliffs: 1.2 mi
- South Wall Main Cliff: 1.3 mi
- Lower Wall: 1.3 mi
- Abbe Museum: 2.5 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 4.9 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 5.5 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 5.9 mi
- Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
- Bates Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Fabri memorial: 1.2 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 2.4 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 2.4 mi
- Champlain Monument: 3.0 mi
- Egg Rock Light Station: 2.8 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 5.4 mi
- Baker Island Light: 6.1 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 9.8 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 2.6 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 3.4 mi
- Birch Spring: 4.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 4.6 mi
- Fern Spring: 4.8 mi
- Thunder Hole: 0.7 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 1.2 mi
- The Bubble: 3.6 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 4.5 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 4.5 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 2.6 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 4.0 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 4.9 mi
- Newlin Garden: 5.0 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 4.9 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 5.1 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 6.7 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 20.9 mi
- Long Falls: 24.3 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 4.3 mi
- Water Street Mural: 18.9 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 8.6 mi
- Double Arch: 19.4 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Long Cove: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | NW 308° | 466 m | 2.6 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | WNW 282° | 419 m | 4.6 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | NW 316° | 387 m | 2.4 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | W 278° | 380 m | 3.2 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | W 274° | 360 m | 4.2 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | NNW 339° | 323 m | 1.6 mi |
| Dike Peak | WNW 282° | 321 m | 2.2 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | W 278° | 316 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 10.56 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station BAR HARBOR, ME, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Inside the official boundary of Acadia National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/128573658
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 10 mi
- Surry · 20 mi
- Ellsworth · 22 mi
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