Western Head
Western Head is a cape in Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. Western Head is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cape Elizabeth, as well as near Higgins Beach.Places of Interest
Highlights include Richmond Island.
Richmond Island
Island
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Elizabeth and Prouts Neck.
Cape Elizabeth
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.Prouts Neck
Neighborhood
Scarborough
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.Western Head
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.53852° or 43° 32′ 19″ north
Longitude
-70.23463° or 70° 14′ 5″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
87MFGQQ8+C4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
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Localities in the Area
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