Birch Island
Birch Island is an islet in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Birch Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Eggemoggin, as well as near the neighborhood Norumbega.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pumpkin Island Light and Little Deer Isle.
Pumpkin Island Light
Lighthouse
Pumpkin Island Light is a lighthouse on Pumpkin Island, at the northwestern entrance to Eggemoggin Reach, a channel running northwest to southeast between Penobscot Bay and Blue Hill Bay on the central-eastern coast of Maine.
Little Deer Isle
Island
Little Deer Isle is an island in Penobscot Bay, lying just north of Deer Isle, Maine, United States. Although Little Deer Isle and Deer Isle are part of the same town, which is also named Deer Isle, they are separate islands. Little Deer Isle is situated 1½ miles east of Birch Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sargentville and Brooksville.
Sargentville
Neighborhood
Sargentville is an unincorporated village in the town of Sedgwick, Hancock County, Maine, United States. The community is located along Maine State Route 175, 21 miles southwest of Ellsworth. Sargentville is situated 4 miles east of Birch Island.
Brooksville
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Harborside
Neighborhood
Harborside is an unincorporated village in the town of Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine, United States. The community is located on the west coast of Cape Rosier, on Penobscot Bay, 24 miles southwest of Ellsworth. Harborside is situated 4½ miles northwest of Birch Island.
Birch Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.30007° or 44° 18′ 0″ north
Longitude
-68.74843° or 68° 44′ 54″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
87PH8722+2J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Birch Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Birch Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pumpkin Island and Grays Hill Cemetery.
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