Whale Ledge
Whale Ledge is a bar in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Whale 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
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 2 miles southeast of Whale Ledge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swans Island and Minturn.
Swans Island
Village
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 Whale Ledge.
Frenchboro
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.Whale Ledge
- Type: Bar
- Categories: char and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.14897° or 44° 8′ 56″ north
Longitude
-68.47696° or 68° 28′ 37″ west
Open location code
87PH4GXF+H6
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In Other Languages
“Whale Ledge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whale Ledge”
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Highlights include Whale Cove and Sand Beach Ledge.
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