Wales Beach
Wales Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Head, a cliff 0.4 miles away.
The story
Beach in Waldo County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33346511, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wyman Park: 1.0 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 1.7 mi
- Islesboro Town Beach: 5.3 mi
- Ruggle's Park: 5.7 mi
- Bayview park: 5.8 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.3 mi
- Ducktrap Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pendleton Hill: 1.7 mi
- Frohock Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Derry Mountain: 2.7 mi
- State of Maine Land: 1.0 mi
- Murray Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Spruce Island Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Broad Point Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Ducktrap River Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 0.9 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 1.0 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 1.6 mi
- Cals Beach: 2.0 mi
- Big Tree Beach: 4.5 mi
- Indian basket: 0.9 mi
- Islesboro sailors memorial: 2.4 mi
- Islesboro historical society: 4.0 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 4.2 mi
- Knox Mill Museum: 7.4 mi
- Spruce Head: 0.4 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 2.3 mi
- The Bluff: 4.3 mi
- The Bluffs: 5.8 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 6.0 mi
- Andre the Seal: 8.9 mi
- Puffin Wall: 14.7 mi
- Seagull: 14.7 mi
- Lobster: 14.9 mi
- Sphere: 15.1 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 11.2 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 12.7 mi
- Cannon: 14.5 mi
- Fort Pownall: 14.5 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 2.3 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 14.9 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 20.1 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 20.2 mi
- Miller School Garden: 24.2 mi
- Prison Show Room: 18.4 mi
- The Wall: 18.5 mi
- Dome home: 18.8 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 7.4 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 24.3 mi
- Vinal Falls: 16.4 mi
- Monroe Falls: 21.0 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Wales Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | SW 226° | 419 m | 5.7 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | SW 234° | 390 m | 10.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 238° | 384 m | 8.9 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | WSW 238° | 375 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | SW 234° | 331 m | 3.7 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | WSW 255° | 330 m | 9.8 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | WNW 287° | 317 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | SW 231° | 313 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 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, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Belfast, ME, 9 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358225439
Day trips start here
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