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West Shore Sandy Beach

West Shore Sandy Beach from directly overhead

West Shore Sandy Beach is a beach in Maine, at a recorded elevation of -1 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.

The story

beach in Cumberland County, Maine, United States

Wikidata Q33346582, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
-1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.66412, -70.21164

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Ballfield: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Point: 1.2 mi
  • Trott-Littlejohn Park: 1.3 mi
  • Bug Light Park: 1.4 mi
  • Marada Adams Park: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Peaks
  • Farm Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Hunger Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Meetinghouse Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Graves Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 56
  • Centennial Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Lobster Pound Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Seaglass Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 1.7 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 1.8 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 2.1 mi
  • Elks Club: 5.4 mi
  • Ampitheater: 6.1 mi
Museums: 37
Artworks: 32
Cliffs: 8
  • White Head Cliff: 1.6 mi
  • The Cliffs: 1.7 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 1.9 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 2.0 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Presumpscot Falls: 4.9 mi
  • First Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 12.8 mi
  • Steep Falls: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of West Shore Sandy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillNNW 327°178 m13.1 mi
Blackstrap HillNW 320°151 m8.5 mi
Baker MountainNW 323°149 m14.1 mi
Leighton HillNW 314°145 m8.3 mi
Libby HillNW 321°144 m12.2 mi
Bruce HillNNW 346°136 m11.5 mi
Poplar RidgeNNW 327°133 m10.9 mi
Blackstrap HillNW 315°129 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice05:0019:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:2016:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 5 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Great Diamond Island, ME, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/677500092

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