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The tide has an average range of 18.4 feet (5.6 m) (and range that can exceed 26 feet) and there are strong currents as large volumes of sea water flow into and out of the bay twice a day. [1] The bay is very shallow with the average depth being about 10 metres (33 ft) and about one third of its area is exposed at low water. [ 2 ]
The park offers a view of dramatically changing tides that on average can rise to 24 feet (7.3 m) high with some reaching as high as 28 feet (8.5 m). The name Cobscook is a Maliseet-Passamaquoddy word for boiling tides. The state park is located on Whiting Bay approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Dennysville and 6 miles (9.7 km) north of ...
The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
Tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually for a particular location. [1] Tide heights at intermediate times (between high and low water) can be approximated by using the rule of twelfths or more accurately calculated by using a published tidal ...
Tide watching Crescent Beach State Park: Cumberland: Cape Elizabeth: 242 98 1966 Atlantic Ocean: Saltwater beach, hiking trails Damariscotta Lake State Park: Lincoln: Jefferson: 19 7.7 1970 Damariscotta Lake Sandy beach Ferry Beach State Park: York: Saco: 117 47 Atlantic Ocean: Sandy beach Fort Point State Park: Waldo: Stockton Springs: 156 63 ...
This is a list of bays along the Atlantic coast of Maine, roughly in order from northeast to southwest, and divided by county.. Washington County. Passamaquoddy Bay; Cobscook Bay
There are 3,200 islands off the coast of Maine, [1] the largest being Mount Desert Island. The Maine Island Trail is a recreational water trail that spans the entire coast of Maine, connecting over 200 islands (having originally been thirty) [1] and mainland sites available for day visits or overnight camping. [2]
Portland Head Light, Maine, William Aiken Walker. Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the coast of Maine in the United States.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's chart for Casco Bay marks the dividing line between the bay and the Gulf of Maine as running from Bald Head on Cape Small in Phippsburg west-southwest to Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth.