Hero Beach

Hero Beach is a beach in Town of Swans Island, Hancock County, Maine. Hero Beach is situated nearby to the village Minturn, as well as near Swans Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hockamock Head Lighthouse.

Hockamock Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Fran Schwanck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station is a lighthouse on Swan's Island, Maine. It is located on Hockamock Head, at the entrance to Burnt Coat Harbor and at the end of Harbor Road. Hockamock Head Lighthouse is situated 2 miles west of Hero Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minturn and Swans Island.

Minturn

Village

Minturn is a small village on the south side of Swan's Island, a part of Hancock County, Maine, United States. The decline of fishing in general and of the local population has caused the village to dwindle.

Swans Island

Village

Photo: Fran Schwanck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Swan's Island is an island town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is named after Colonel James Swan, of Fife, Scotland, who purchased the island and some surrounding areas and organized their colonization in the eighteenth century. Swans Island is situated 2 miles west of Hero Beach.

Frenchboro

Photo: Diiscool, CC0.

Frenchboro has a population of 38 and is located on 14 small islands in Blue Hill Bay in the Down East region of Maine. Less than a hundred people live here year round and they keep things much as they have been for decades.

Hero Beach

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Hancock County, Maine, United States
Category: landform
Location: Town of Swans Island, Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.13425° or 44° 8′ 3″ north

Longitude

-68.41141° or 68° 24′ 41″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87PH4HMQ+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358226522

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

4967004

Wikidata ID

Q33326696

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Hero Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hero Beach”

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