Sand Beach
Sand Beach is a beach in Town of Swans Island, Hancock County, Maine. Sand Beach is situated nearby to the village Swans Island, as well as near Minturn.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 southeast of Sand Beach.
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. Its approximate latitude and longitude are 44°8’ N, 68°27’ W. Minturn is situated 2 miles southeast of Sand Beach.
Frenchboro
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.
Sand Beach
- Type: Beach
- Also known as: “Sands Beach”
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Swans Island, Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.15538° or 44° 9′ 19″ northLongitude
-68.47562° or 68° 28′ 32″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87PH5G4F+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 358226514OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Sand Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sand Beach”
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