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Cobscook Bay State Park

Cobscook Bay State Park from directly overhead

Cobscook Bay State Park is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Carlisle Mountain stands 167 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cunningham Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
8 m

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.84443, -67.15437

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 53
  • Whiting Bay Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Birch Islands Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Race Point: 2.6 mi
  • Reversing Falls Park: 2.9 mi
  • Morong Cove: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Huckins Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Boot Cove Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Cony Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Mowry Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Friars Bay Beach: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 8
Attractions: 6
Historic sites: 6
Artworks: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Bad Little Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Bad Little Falls: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Pikewoods Rest Area: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Cobscook Bay State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle MountainN 350°167 m13.1 mi
Birch MountainNNW 345°134 m14.4 mi
Big Allan MountainNW 311°133 m11.8 mi
Mount TomNNW 336°121 m11.8 mi
Pughole MountainSW 219°118 m3.4 mi
Little Allan MountainNW 313°117 m11.0 mi
Bald LedgeNNW 335°101 m14.3 mi
Porcupine MountainN 11°99 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0218:41
June solstice04:4319:3420:19
September equinox06:1617:5018:28
December solstice07:0415:0215:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532425259656559494030
Precip in4.23.24.14.53.33.92.73.24.35.14.64.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastport, 9 mi away.

  • Tree Lungwort21 obs
  • Canadian bunchberry17 obs
  • European Green Crab14 obs
  • American Bullfrog10 obs
  • white meadowsweet8 obs
  • Rosy Maple Moth7 obs
  • Knotted Wrack7 obs
  • White-marked Tussock Moth7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/851336236

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