Whale Beach & Frenchboro Preserve Beach
13.1 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Whale Beach & Frenchboro Preserve Beach is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Frenchboro Preserve near Frenchboro, ME. The route passes Whale Beach and Frenchboro Preserve Beach. It climbs 525 ft. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Whale Beach & Frenchboro Preserve Beach
13.1 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Elevation 8–215 ft
Out & Back · Frenchboro Preserve
Trailhead: 44.11584, -68.35304
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 59°F / low 55° · precip 18% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:01 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 5.3 miPass Whale Beach.
- 50 ftPass Frenchboro Preserve Beach.
- 0.3 miReach Whale Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 5.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.4 mi in (~163 min). Leave by 4:04 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- House Point–Middle Beach, 4 beaches 4.9 mi · ▲ 296 ft
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