Shooting Rock

Shooting Rock is a reef in Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. Shooting Rock is situated near the neighborhood Prouts Neck, as well as near Pine Point Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Higgins Beach.

Higgins Beach

Beach

Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Higgins Beach is a small beach located in the state of Maine, United States. It is located in the town of Scarborough in Cumberland County. The beach is north of Prouts Neck and Old Orchard Beach and south of Crescent Beach State Park. Higgins Beach is situated 2 miles northeast of Shooting Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prouts Neck and Old Orchard Beach.

Prouts Neck

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Prouts Neck is a coastal peninsula, located within the town of Scarborough, in southern Maine.

Old Orchard 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.

Scarborough

Photo: RikSchuiling, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scarborough is a town in Cumberland County on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Maine. Located about 7 miles south of Portland, Scarborough is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.

Shooting Rock

Type: Reef
Categories: char and landform
Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.53642° or 43° 32′ 11″ north

Longitude

-70.30323° or 70° 18′ 12″ west

Elevation

-7 feet (-2 metres)

Open location code

87MFGMPW+HP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13975482723

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

“Shooting Rock” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Shooting Rock”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pine Point Beach and Town Landing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Post Office Mail Kiosk and Scarborough Beach State Park.

Cumberland County: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Standish and Bridgton.

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