West Ledge
West Ledge is a cape in Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. West Ledge is situated nearby to the neighborhood Higgins Beach, as well as near Prouts Neck.Places of Interest
Highlights include Richmond Island and Higgins Beach.
Richmond Island
Island
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Richmond Island, or Richmond's Island, is an island off the coast of Cape Elizabeth in Cumberland County, Maine, in the United States. The island is named for Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prouts Neck and Cape Elizabeth.
Prouts Neck
Neighborhood
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Prouts Neck is a coastal peninsula, located within the town of Scarborough, in southern Maine.
Cape Elizabeth
Photo: Southgeist, CC BY 3.0.
Cape Elizabeth is an upscale community about 5 miles southeast of Portland, Maine on the Southern Maine coast. Its centerpiece is the 90 acre Fort Williams bought by the town in 1964.
Scarborough
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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.
West Ledge
- Type: Cape
- Categories: Char (River Island) and landform
- Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.54013° or 43° 32′ 25″ northLongitude
-70.24479° or 70° 14′ 41″ westOpen location code
87MFGQR4+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 9057519234OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4982645Wikidata ID
Q49623733
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“West Ledge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Ledge (piliw)”
- Cebuano: “West Ledge”
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Localities in the Area
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