Jericho Bay

Jericho Bay is a bay in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Jericho Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Sunshine, as well as near the village Swans Island.

Type: Bay
Description: bay in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
Address: ME

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swans Island and Minturn.

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.

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.

Jericho Bay

Category: body of water
Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.17314° or 44° 10′ 23″ north

Longitude

-68.52502° or 68° 31′ 30″ west

Open location code

87PH5FFF+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369064936

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4968276

Wikidata ID

Q49380692

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Satellite Map

Discover Jericho Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Jericho Bay” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Jericho Bay”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sunshine and Naskeag.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Green Ledge and Shabby Island.

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