Whale Beach
Whale Beach is a beach, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Bernard Mountain stands 326 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastern Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Soaker Overlook · 17 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 17 mi
- Hawk Watch · 17 mi
- Frazer Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goose Pond Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Big Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Stockbridge Hill: 4.1 mi
- Devils Head: 6.7 mi
- Big Rocks: 8.4 mi
- Fire Ponds: 3.6 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 4.2 mi
- Hockamock Head Lighthouse Park: 4.5 mi
- Fine Sand Beach: 6.4 mi
- Bass Harbor Light Station: 6.9 mi
- Frenchboro Preserve: 0.8 mi
- West Sister Island Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Black Island Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area: 4.4 mi
- Eastern Beach: 0.6 mi
- Middle Beach: 1.1 mi
- Little Beach: 1.1 mi
- Big Beach: 1.2 mi
- Hero Beach: 2.7 mi
- High Head: 3.0 mi
- Negro Head: 12.0 mi
- Pierce Head: 12.4 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 12.7 mi
- Canada Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Store Foundation: 3.9 mi
- House Foundation: 3.9 mi
- Barn Foundation: 4.0 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 6.9 mi
- Champlain Monument: 13.9 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 11.2 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 11.3 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 12.0 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 12.8 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
- Great Duck Island Light Station: 5.8 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 6.9 mi
- Blue Hill Bay Light: 11.1 mi
- Baker Island Light: 11.4 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 10.0 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 14.2 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 15.5 mi
- The Bubble: 15.9 mi
- Thunder Hole: 16.1 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 12.3 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 12.5 mi
- Birch Spring: 14.8 mi
- Maple Spring: 15.5 mi
- Fern Spring: 16.1 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 13.3 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 18.2 mi
- COA Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Newlin Garden: 20.0 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 20.0 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 13.6 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 14.9 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 19.5 mi
- Vinal Falls: 24.1 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 20.0 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 24.1 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Whale Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Mountain | N 357° | 326 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 14° | 297 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mansell Mountain | N 360° | 289 m | 12.7 mi |
| Knight Nubble | N 358° | 283 m | 12.5 mi |
| Cedar Swamp Mountain | NNE 16° | 283 m | 14.8 mi |
| Little Notch | N 357° | 271 m | 12.5 mi |
| Norumbega Mountain | NNE 13° | 260 m | 14.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | N 3° | 256 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:37 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:11 | 15:58 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 18 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Burnt Coat Harbor, Swans Island, ME, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358231670
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 7 mi
- Surry · 27 mi
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