Banks Rock

Banks Rock is a bar in York County, Maine. Banks Rock is situated nearby to the neighborhood York Harbor, as well as near York Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sayward-Wheeler House and Cape Neddick Light.

Sayward-Wheeler House

Museum

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The Sayward-Wheeler House is an American historic house museum in York Harbor, Maine. It was built about 1718, and overlooks the York River. it was the home of Jonathan Sayward, a local merchant and civic leader, who remodeled and furnished the house in the…

Cape Neddick Light

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The Cape Neddick Light is a lighthouse in Cape Neddick, York, Maine. In 1874 Congress appropriated $15,000 to build a light station at the "Nubble" and in 1879 construction began. Cape Neddick Light is situated 2½ miles northeast of Banks Rock.

Old Schoolhouse

Museum

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The Old Schoolhouse, also known as the York Corner Schoolhouse, is an historic one-room school building on the grounds of the Old York Historical Society at York and Lindsay Streets in York, Maine. Old Schoolhouse is situated 1½ miles west of Banks Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include York Harbor and York.

York Harbor

Neighborhood

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York Harbor is a census-designated place in the town of York in York County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, York Harbor had a population of 3,132.

York

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York is a town on the Southern Coast in Maine. It includes the villages of York Beach, York Harbor, and Cape Neddick.

York Beach

Neighborhood

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York Beach is a community within the town of York, Maine, United States. The York Beach area consists of Long Sands and Short Sands beaches on the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Maine. York Beach is situated 2½ miles north of Banks Rock.

Banks Rock

Type: Bar
Categories: char and landform
Location: York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.13759° or 43° 8′ 15″ north

Longitude

-70.62089° or 70° 37′ 15″ west

Open location code

87MF49QH+2J

GeoNames ID

4957312

Wikidata ID

Q49613382

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Banks Rock” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Banks Rock (piliw sa Estados Unidos)”
Cebuano: “Banks Rock”

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Localities in the Area

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