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Ferry Beach State Park

Ferry Beach State Park from directly overhead

Ferry Beach State Park is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Yeaton Hill stands 181 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferry Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.

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Coordinates43.47828, -70.38899
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • The Garden at Gull Crest: 10.4 mi
  • The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 11.7 mi
  • The Parks Department Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Libbytown Community Garden: 13.6 mi
Parks
  • Plymouth Drive Field: 0.7 mi
  • Furber Park: 1.5 mi
  • Park in the Pines: 2.2 mi
  • Old Orchard Beach Municipal Court: 2.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Joy Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Goosefare Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Slater Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Whitten Hills: 4.5 mi
  • Blue Point Hill: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 59
Museums: 33
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 9
  • Slackcrack: 3.1 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 9.7 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 14.4 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 14.6 mi
  • The Cliffs: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Elks Club: 12.6 mi
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 12.7 mi
  • Ampitheater: 13.7 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 14.0 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 4.5 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Orris Falls: 21.4 mi
  • First Falls: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Ferry Beach State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yeaton HillW 274°181 m17.5 mi
Chadbournes RidgeWNW 303°168 m18.9 mi
Grant HillW 281°146 m13.6 mi
Leighton HillN 9°145 m18.8 mi
Brackett HillW 269°141 m16.9 mi
Blackstrap HillN 10°129 m18.7 mi
Milliken HillN 3°119 m18.5 mi
Ricker HillWNW 285°116 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:54
June solstice05:0119:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0318:41
December solstice07:1215:2216:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532425262676659483929
Precip in3.63.74.74.74.24.73.93.93.95.64.24.8

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

Wildlife nearby
  • West Atlantic Surfclam59 obs
  • European Green Crab57 obs
  • rugosa rose44 obs
  • Monarch41 obs
  • American Herring Gull41 obs
  • seaside pea34 obs
  • Eastern Teaberry32 obs
  • eastern white pine31 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/564416231

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