Hills Beach
Hills Beach is a seaside community in Biddeford, York County, Maine, United States, approximately 85 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. Hills Beach is a narrow stretch of sandy beach on the north side of Biddeford Pool near the mouth of the Saco River and near the Saco Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: Seaside community in Biddeford, Maine
- Also known as: “Hills Beach, ME”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wood Island Light Station and Ferry Beach State Park.
Wood Island Light Station
Heritage site
Photo: HiddenFox, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wood Island Light is an active lighthouse on the eastern edge of Wood Island in Saco Bay, on the southern coast of Maine. The light is just outside the entrance to Biddeford Pool and the end of the Saco River. Wood Island Light Station is situated 2 miles east of Hills Beach.
Ferry Beach State Park
Nature reserve
Ferry Beach State Park is a public recreation area occupying 117 acres on Saco Bay north of the mouth of the Saco River in Saco, Maine. The state park encompasses a sandy Atlantic Ocean beach, inland hiking trails, and nature center. Ferry Beach State Park is situated 2 miles northwest of Hills Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fortunes Rocks and Ocean Park.
Fortunes Rocks
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fortunes Rocks is seaside community in Biddeford, York County, Maine, located approximately 85 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. The 1999 novel Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve is loosely based on this Maine seaside neighborhood. Fortunes Rocks is situated 2 miles south of Hills Beach.
Ocean Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ocean Park is a village in the town of Old Orchard Beach in York County, Maine, United States. A historic family style summer community affiliated with the Free Will Baptists, the community is located in southern Old Orchard Beach on Saco Bay. Ocean Park is situated 3½ miles north of Hills Beach.
Old Orchard Beach
Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Orchard Beach is a city of 8,800 people in the Southern Coast region of Maine. Old Orchard Beach has a seven-mile stretch of wide-open beach. There are 25 rides and arcade games at Palace Playland, its seaside amusement park.
Hills Beach
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States, residential area, and locality
- Location: City of Biddeford, York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.45333° or 43° 27′ 12″ northLongitude
-70.36803° or 70° 22′ 5″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87MFFJ3J+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 566711959OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4967168Wikidata ID
Q30682444
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Hills Beach” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “希爾斯比奇”
- Turkish: “Hills Beach”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hills Beach”. Photo: gary-brownell, CC BY-SA 2.0.