Sand Beach Ledge

Sand Beach Ledge is an island in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Sand Beach Ledge 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 1½ miles southeast of Sand Beach Ledge.

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. Minturn is situated 2 miles east of Sand Beach Ledge.

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.

Sand Beach Ledge

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

44.14842° or 44° 8′ 54″ north

Longitude

-68.47169° or 68° 28′ 18″ west

Open location code

87PH4GXH+98

GeoNames ID

4977659

Wikidata ID

Q49677461

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In Other Languages

“Sand Beach Ledge” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sand Beach Ledge”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whale Ledge and Sand Cove.

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