Beach Cliff
Beach Cliff is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the east-northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Echo Lake Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 40 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 13.3 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 22.6 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 26.7 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset view · 6 mi
- Hawk Watch · 6 mi
- Beehive Overlook · 8 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carter Nubble: 0.4 mi
- Beech Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Acadia Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Saint Sauveur Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Valley Peak: 1.3 mi
- Charlotte Rhoades Park: 2.1 mi
- Suminsby Park: 2.1 mi
- Pemetic Elementary School play area: 2.7 mi
- Asticou Azalea Garden: 3.0 mi
- Chris's Pond Park: 3.0 mi
- Babson Creek Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Kittredge Brook Forest: 4.8 mi
- Indian Point-Blagden Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Kelley Farm Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Mitchell Marsh Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 0.3 mi
- Back Beach: 5.8 mi
- Hunters Beach: 6.1 mi
- Cobble Beach: 6.2 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 6.5 mi
- Canada Cliff: 0.6 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 2.4 mi
- Pierce Head: 4.5 mi
- Lookout Ledge: 5.0 mi
- The Cleft: 5.4 mi
- Wendell Gilley Museum: 2.5 mi
- Somesville Museum and Gardens: 3.0 mi
- La petite Plaisance: 3.3 mi
- Seal Cove Auto Museum: 3.3 mi
- Preble-Marr Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 4.5 mi
- Heath: 7.2 mi
- Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Meadow: 7.2 mi
- Pitch Pine Upland: 7.2 mi
- Yourcenar: 2.9 mi
- Champlain Monument: 5.7 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 6.2 mi
- Andrew Murray Young: 6.3 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light Station: 6.7 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 4.2 mi
- Oil House: 6.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 6.7 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 6.7 mi
- Bell House: 6.7 mi
- Lurvey Spring: 1.1 mi
- Jesuit Spring: 1.9 mi
- Birch Spring: 3.3 mi
- Maple Spring: 3.5 mi
- Fern Spring: 3.8 mi
- The Bubble: 4.5 mi
- High Hopes Lobster Boat: 5.8 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 7.5 mi
- Thunder Hole: 7.5 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 8.3 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 1.2 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 3.1 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 7.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 17.9 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 8.3 mi
- Water Street Mural: 15.9 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 9.1 mi
- Long Cove: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Beach Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | ENE 68° | 466 m | 6.2 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | ENE 63° | 419 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | ENE 76° | 380 m | 4.8 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | ENE 75° | 360 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bernard Mountain | SW 235° | 326 m | 2.0 mi |
| Dike Peak | ENE 78° | 321 m | 5.7 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | ENE 65° | 316 m | 3.3 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 67° | 297 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:55 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:10 | 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, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Acadia National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358211642
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 7 mi
- Surry · 15 mi
- Ellsworth · 19 mi
- Orland · 26 mi
- Bucksport · 29 mi
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