South Sandy Beach
South Sandy Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Dodge Mountain stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Markey Beach, a beach 1.4 miles away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
beach in Knox County, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q33333318, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge: 7.7 mi
- Kintner Salt Marsh: 14.6 mi
- Granite Island Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Watershed Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Ash Point Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Boy Scout Point Town Park: 13.5 mi
- Armbrust Hill Town Park: 13.8 mi
- The Old Ballground: 14.0 mi
- Lawson's Quarry Town Park: 14.5 mi
- Narrows Town Park: 14.5 mi
- Western Head: 7.6 mi
- Shag Roost: 8.0 mi
- Armbrust Hill: 13.8 mi
- Gooseberry Knob: 14.2 mi
- Dushane Hill: 14.2 mi
- Markey Beach: 1.4 mi
- Medrick Beach: 3.8 mi
- Brimstone Beach: 12.8 mi
- Big White Beach: 13.5 mi
- Lucia Beach: 16.4 mi
- Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum: 13.9 mi
- The Old Homestead: 16.6 mi
- Saint George Historical Society: 17.6 mi
- Owls Head Transportation Museum: 18.1 mi
- Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum: 18.8 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 13.9 mi
- Sphere: 20.0 mi
- Lobster: 20.3 mi
- Seagull: 20.5 mi
- Puffin Wall: 20.5 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 13.9 mi
- St. George Fisherman Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 19.8 mi
- Cannon: 20.8 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 22.0 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 18.6 mi
- The Wall: 21.4 mi
- Prison Show Room: 21.5 mi
- Asst. Keeper's House-Gallery-Offic: 21.8 mi
- Burnt Head: 21.7 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 21.9 mi
- Negro Head: 22.0 mi
- Keepers Quarters: 5.1 mi
- Vinal Falls: 16.4 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 19.2 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Sandy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge Mountain | NNW 330° | 201 m | 23.3 mi |
| Benner Hill | NNW 328° | 188 m | 22.6 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNW 335° | 159 m | 24.2 mi |
| Sawyer Mountain | NE 43° | 148 m | 19.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NE 43° | 144 m | 20.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 333° | 133 m | 22.8 mi |
| Jerusalem Mountain | NE 44° | 127 m | 19.3 mi |
| Duck Harbor Mountain | NE 46° | 80 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:38 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:14 | 16:01 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tenants Harbor, 19 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Matinicus Harbor, Wheaton Island, ME, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358224271
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