Willard Beach
Willard Beach is a beach in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fishermans Point Shacks, a historic site 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.
The story
Beach in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33346658, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Fisherman's Point: 0.2 mi
- DiPetro Park: 0.6 mi
- Cliff House Beach: 0.7 mi
- Pierce Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Pine Street Fields: 0.8 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 1.9 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 1.9 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Fishermans Point Shacks: 0.1 mi
- Fort Preble: 0.4 mi
- Liberty Ship Memorial: 0.8 mi
- South Portland Civil War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Fort Scammell: 0.9 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 0.9 mi
- Farm Hill: 1.2 mi
- Barren Hill: 2.6 mi
- Hunger Hill: 3.9 mi
- Cross Hill: 4.0 mi
- Danforth Cove Beach: 0.6 mi
- Cliff House Beach: 0.8 mi
- Seaglass Beach: 0.8 mi
- Little Beach: 1.0 mi
- Clam Beach: 1.0 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 1.5 mi
- Portland Observatory: 1.9 mi
- Elks Club: 4.7 mi
- Ampitheater: 5.7 mi
- Cumberland Farmers Club: 12.0 mi
- Sawyer Marsh: 1.3 mi
- Stonegate: 1.7 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.8 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 1.9 mi
- The Quiet Oaks: 1.9 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 0.7 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 1.5 mi
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 1.7 mi
- Victoria Mansion: 1.8 mi
- Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: 1.8 mi
- The Armillary: 1.5 mi
- Seven: 1.9 mi
- Triangles At Work: 2.2 mi
- Duck House: 2.4 mi
- Pinecone: 2.5 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 1.3 mi
- Cod Ledges: 1.4 mi
- The Cliffs: 1.8 mi
- White Head Cliff: 1.8 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 4.5 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 5.8 mi
- First Falls: 11.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Steep Falls: 24.0 mi
- Bug Light: 1.0 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Willard Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 333° | 178 m | 13.9 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 324° | 145 m | 8.9 mi |
| Libby Hill | NNW 328° | 144 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bruce Hill | N 351° | 136 m | 12.7 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 334° | 133 m | 11.8 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 326° | 129 m | 8.5 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 353° | 129 m | 13.6 mi |
| Milliken Hill | NW 315° | 119 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:20 | 16:08 |
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 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 4 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.12 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station PORTLAND, ME, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/148328434
Day trips start here
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