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Surfside Beach

Surfside Beach from directly overhead

Surfside Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Blackstrap Hill stands 151 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.52987, -70.35941
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Snowberry Ocean View Park: 1.1 mi
  • Harmon Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Old Orchard Beach Municipal Court: 1.7 mi
  • OOB Recreation Complex at the Ballpark: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Blue Point Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Slater Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Goosefare Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Scottow Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Spurwink Hill: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Blue Point Preserve: 1.6 mi
  • Milliken Mills Trails: 1.6 mi
  • Milliken Mills Trails: 1.9 mi
  • Scarborough River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
  • Prouts Neck Bird Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
  • The Garden at Gull Crest: 7.0 mi
  • The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 8.0 mi
  • The Parks Department Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Libbytown Community Garden: 9.8 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 10
  • Elks Club: 8.8 mi
  • Ampitheater: 9.9 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 10.2 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 10.6 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Slackcrack: 5.5 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 6.3 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 10.8 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 11.0 mi
  • The Cliffs: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 2.5 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 13.9 mi
  • First Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Steep Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Orris Falls: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Surfside Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackstrap HillN 7°151 m16.0 mi
Grant HillW 266°146 m14.9 mi
Leighton HillN 5°145 m15.1 mi
Blackstrap HillN 7°129 m15.0 mi
Milliken HillN 358°119 m15.0 mi
Jones HillN 358°118 m16.4 mi
Ricker HillW 271°116 m16.7 mi
Canada HillN 355°107 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice05:0119:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0318:41
December solstice07:1215:2216:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 8 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Old Orchard Beach, ME, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1039085322

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