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Sand Beach

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

Coordinates44.32915, -68.18219

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Beaches: 33
Gardens: 21
  • Roadside: 2.6 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 2.6 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 2.6 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 2.6 mi
  • Meadow: 2.6 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 18
  • Bates Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Fabri memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Andrew Murray Young: 1.8 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 2.4 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 2.4 mi
Museums: 16
Lighthouses: 13
Springs: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 4.3 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 18.9 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Double Arch: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 12.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainNW 308°466 m2.6 mi
Sargent MountainWNW 282°419 m4.6 mi
Dorr MountainNW 316°387 m2.4 mi
Pemetic MountainW 278°380 m3.2 mi
Penobscot MountainW 274°360 m4.2 mi
Champlain MountainNNW 339°323 m1.6 mi
Dike PeakWNW 282°321 m2.2 mi
Gilmore PeakW 278°316 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3720:21
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:0915:57

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, 5 mi away.

Mean tidal range 10.56 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station BAR HARBOR, ME, 5 miaway — 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/128573658

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