Harpswell Sound
USA /
Maine /
Harpswell /
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/ USA
/ Maine
/ Harpswell
World / United States / Maine
water, bay, sound (geography)
Merriconeag Sound and Harpswell Sound are of little commercial importance, but they form the approach to a good and convenient anchorage. Vessels of the deepest draft can enter and find anchorage in 21 to 60 feet, good holding ground.
The entrance is 3.5 miles north-northeastward of Halfway Rock Light and is marked on its western side by the light on Little Mark Island. The two sounds extend in a northeasterly direction for 10 miles to Harpswell Cove, and for the first 4 miles the important dangers are marked. Above this, strangers should not go without a pilot, as the channel is narrow, and flats make out some distance from the shore in several places.
The entrance is 3.5 miles north-northeastward of Halfway Rock Light and is marked on its western side by the light on Little Mark Island. The two sounds extend in a northeasterly direction for 10 miles to Harpswell Cove, and for the first 4 miles the important dangers are marked. Above this, strangers should not go without a pilot, as the channel is narrow, and flats make out some distance from the shore in several places.
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Coordinates: 43°45'41"N 69°59'21"W
- Middle Bay 11 km
- Maquoit Bay 15 km
- Casco Bay (Southern Section) 21 km
- St. Georges River Estuary 67 km
- East Penobscot Bay 103 km
- West Penobscot Bay 104 km
- Blue Hill Bay 134 km
- Frenchman Bay 159 km
- Taunton Bay 164 km
- Gardiners Bay 348 km
- Orrs Island 2.2 km
- Ex US Navy Fuel Depot in Harpswell 2.6 km
- Bailey Island 3.1 km
- Basin Cove 3.2 km
- Pond Island 3.4 km
- Gun Point Cove 3.5 km
- Whaleboat Island 5.2 km
- Potts Harbor 5.4 km
- Haskell Island 5.6 km
- Upper Flag Island 6 km