Echo Point

Echo Point: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Echo Point

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Echo Point — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.67303, -70.19520. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Echo Point

• Umbrella Cover Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~2 km · Must-see
• Battery Steele · fort · Cumberland · ~3 km · Must-see
• Fort Gorges · fort · Cumberland · ~3 km · Must-see
• Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse · beach · Cumberland · ~4 km · Must-see
• Fort Levett · fort · Cumberland · ~4 km · Must-see
• Fort Preble · fort · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Bug Light · museum · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Portland Observatory · attraction · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Fort Sumner Park · fort · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Ram Island Ledge Light · beach · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Etz Chaim Synagogue · attraction · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception · church · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Boothby Square · park · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Park · park · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• First Parish Portland Unitarian Universalist Church · church · Cumberland · ~7 km · Must-see
• Fort Williams Park · fort · Cumberland · ~7 km · Must-see
• Portland Head Light · fort · Cumberland · ~7 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Echo Point

Other beaches & coast near Echo Point

• Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse · beach · Cumberland · ~4 km · Must-see
• Ram Island Ledge Light · beach · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Back Cove · beach · Cumberland · ~7 km · Must-see
• Higgins Beach · beach · Cumberland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Saco Bay · beach · York · ~29 km · Must-see
• Harbor Island Point · beach · Sagadahoc · ~35 km · Must-see
• Popham Beach State Park · beach · Sagadahoc · ~40 km · Must-see
• Popham Beach · beach · Sagadahoc · ~43 km · Must-see
• Pond Island Light · beach · Sagadahoc · ~44 km · Must-see
• Doubling Point Light · beach · Sagadahoc · ~49 km · Must-see

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