Abandoned Coast Guard Life Saving Station
Abandoned Coast Guard Life Saving Station is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Pughole Mountain stands 118 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Beach, a beach 3.7 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.8 miles off.
Potential remains of the first Cross Island Life Saving Station from 1874.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Reynolds Marsh Overlook · 11 mi
- Woodcock Habitat · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastern Knubble: 4.9 mi
- Pettegrove Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Seashore Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Mount Aetna: 5.2 mi
- Mountain Head: 5.3 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land: 6.8 mi
- Long Point Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Larrabee Heath Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Hickey Island Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Finn Beach: 5.4 mi
- Jasper Beach: 5.7 mi
- Fort O'Brien State Historic Site: 8.0 mi
- Mill Memorial Park: 10.2 mi
- Roque Bluffs State Park: 10.6 mi
- Davis Beach: 3.7 mi
- Jasper Beach: 4.7 mi
- Pettegrow Beach: 5.0 mi
- Grays Beach: 7.2 mi
- Rogue Bluffs Beach: 10.4 mi
- Great Head: 3.7 mi
- Jasper Head: 4.7 mi
- Fairy Head: 6.5 mi
- The Rim: 9.1 mi
- Devil's Stairway: 11.8 mi
- Burnham Tavern Museum: 11.5 mi
- Maine Coast Sardine History Museum: 16.3 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 19.8 mi
- Shipwreck: 21.1 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 21.5 mi
- Gates House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Robert S. Peacock Fire Museum: 22.1 mi
- McCurdy's Smokehouse Museum: 22.3 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 22.6 mi
- Mustard Mill Museum: 24.5 mi
- Beyond the Horizon: 22.2 mi
- Civil War Monument: 22.3 mi
- Fisherman: 24.7 mi
- Nerida, Eastport Mermaid: 24.7 mi
- Nature's Grace: 24.7 mi
- Easternmost Point in the U. S. A.: 21.2 mi
- Lubec Veterans Memorial: 22.3 mi
- Lost Fishermen's Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Ramp of Ferry to Deer Island: 24.8 mi
- Esey Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Little Lake Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 16.7 mi
- Bad Little Falls: 11.4 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Abandoned Coast Guard Life Saving Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pughole Mountain | NNE 16° | 118 m | 13.9 mi |
| Pumpkin Ridge | NW 306° | 104 m | 13.4 mi |
| Yellowbirch Mountain | NNE 24° | 98 m | 12.3 mi |
| Woodruff Mountain | NNW 328° | 93 m | 8.2 mi |
| Estey Mountain | NNE 13° | 82 m | 11.8 mi |
| Crane Mountain | NNE 18° | 82 m | 15.6 mi |
| The Porcupine | NE 39° | 78 m | 13.0 mi |
| Miller Mountain | WNW 297° | 76 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:34 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:50 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:04 | 15:52 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jonesboro, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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