Steep Bank Beach
Steep Bank Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Nubble, a peak 0.1 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 27 miles off.
The story
beach in Hancock County, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q33345513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 23 m
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- The Nubble: 0.1 mi
- The Head: 0.7 mi
- Big Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.2 mi
- Walton Beach: 0.2 mi
- Bear Island Beach: 0.2 mi
- Three Island Beach: 0.3 mi
- Driftwood Beach: 0.5 mi
- Harbor Beach: 0.5 mi
- Bradbury Island: 3.6 mi
- Mill Stream Property: 5.4 mi
- Pulpit Harbor Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Spruce Island Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Broad Point Preserve: 6.1 mi
- The Island: 3.9 mi
- Islesboro Town Beach: 5.0 mi
- Burnt Island Conservation Area: 5.7 mi
- The Ball Field: 7.3 mi
- Pine Hill Nature Area: 7.4 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 5.1 mi
- North Haven Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- North Haven Museum: 6.1 mi
- Salome Sellers House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 6.6 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 11.1 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 13.9 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 15.0 mi
- Cannon: 16.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 7.9 mi
- Spruce Head: 8.7 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 9.0 mi
- Gull Ledges: 9.3 mi
- The Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Andre the Seal: 12.5 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 12.7 mi
- Puffin Wall: 16.3 mi
- Seagull: 16.3 mi
- Lobster: 16.4 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 16.4 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 20.0 mi
- Oil House: 24.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 24.4 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 10.7 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 16.5 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 24.9 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 17.6 mi
- Prison Show Room: 20.9 mi
- The Wall: 20.9 mi
- Vinal Falls: 10.1 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Steep Bank Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | W 274° | 419 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | WNW 283° | 331 m | 10.9 mi |
| Cameron Mountain | WNW 282° | 244 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Battie | W 267° | 240 m | 11.9 mi |
| Garey Mountain | WNW 285° | 239 m | 10.6 mi |
| Derry Mountain | WNW 288° | 231 m | 10.5 mi |
| Ducktrap Mountain | WNW 303° | 218 m | 10.5 mi |
| Beech Hill | NW 312° | 205 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:39 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:12 | 16:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 14 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pulpit Harbor, North Haven Island, ME, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358226491
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 24 mi
- Orland · 24 mi
- Surry · 24 mi
- Acadia National Park · 25 mi
- Ellsworth · 29 mi
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