Whale Back
Whale Back is in Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. Whale Back is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pond Cove, as well as near Elizabeth Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Two Lights and Portland Head Lighthouse.
Two Lights
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Elizabeth Light is a lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, at the southwestern entrance to Casco Bay in Maine. Only the eastern tower of the two that made up the light station until 1924 is active. Two Lights is situated 1½ miles south of Whale Back.
Portland Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Portland Head Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles north of Whale Back.
Cape Elizabeth High School
School
Cape Elizabeth High School is a public high school in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States. It is one of six schools in Maine to have been named a National Blue Ribbon School multiple times by the U.S. Department of Education.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Elizabeth and South Portland.
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.
South Portland
Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.
South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-most populous city in the state, incorporated in 1898. At the 2020 census, the city population was 26,498.
Old Port of Portland, Maine
Neighborhood
The Old Port is a district of Portland, Maine, known for its cobblestone streets, 19th-century brick buildings and fishing piers. The district contains boutiques, restaurants and bars. Old Port of Portland, Maine is situated 5 miles northwest of Whale Back.
Whale Back
- Type: Rock
- Categories: bar and landform
- Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.59014° or 43° 35′ 25″ northLongitude
-70.20833° or 70° 12′ 30″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87MFHQRR+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 8286940722OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rock
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In Other Languages
“Whale Back” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whale Back (piliw sa Estados Unidos, Maine)”
- Cebuano: “Whale Back”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trundy Point and Blue Hill.
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