Big Beach
Big Beach is a beach in City of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Big Beach is situated nearby to the neighborhood North Cushing, as well as near Loveitts Field.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cushing Island and Portland Head Lighthouse.
Cushing Island
Island
Photo: Alfred Thompson Bricher, Public domain.
Cushing Island, or Cushing's Island, is a privately owned island in Casco Bay in the U.S. state of Maine. Part of the city of Portland, roughly 45 families live there seasonally.
Portland Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine.
House Island
Islet
Photo: Southgeist, CC BY 3.0.
House Island is a private island in Portland Harbor in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the City of Portland. The island is accessible only by boat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Portland and Old Port of Portland, Maine.
South Portland
Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.
South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-most populous city in the state, incorporated in 1898. At the 2020 census, the city population was 26,498.
Old Port of Portland, Maine
Neighborhood
The Old Port is a district of Portland, Maine, known for its cobblestone streets, 19th-century brick buildings and fishing piers. The district contains boutiques, restaurants and bars. Old Port of Portland, Maine is situated 2½ miles northwest of Big Beach.
Portland
Photo: Southgeist, CC BY 3.0.
Portland is on a peninsula in Casco Bay on the Southern Maine coast approximately 100 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. It has more than 65,000 inhabitants, making it the largest city in Maine.
Big Beach
- Type: Beach
- Also known as: “Bathing Beach”
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Portland, Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.63885° or 43° 38′ 20″ northLongitude
-70.2062° or 70° 12′ 22″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87MFJQQV+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 714625349OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Big Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Beach”
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Localities in the Area
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