Cape Island

Cape Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Cape Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

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

How to reach Cape Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.78332, -69.65622. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cape Island

• The Cuckolds Light · beach · Lincoln · ~1 km · Must-see
• Burnt Island Light · beach · Lincoln · ~6 km · Must-see
• Ram Island Light · beach · Lincoln · ~6 km · Must-see
• Hendricks Head Light · beach · Lincoln · ~6 km · Must-see
• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~13 km · Must-see
• Pond Island Light · beach · Sagadahoc · ~13 km · Must-see
• Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Sagadahoc · ~13 km · Must-see
• Popham Beach · beach · Sagadahoc · ~13 km · Must-see
• Popham Colony · fort · Sagadahoc · ~14 km · Must-see
• Fort Baldwin State Historic Site · fort · Sagadahoc · ~14 km · Must-see
• Seguin Island Light Station · fort · Sagadahoc · ~15 km · Must-see
• Popham Beach State Park · beach · Sagadahoc · ~16 km · Must-see
• Pemaquid Point Light · beach · Lincoln · ~17 km · Must-see
• Morse Mountain · viewpoint · Sagadahoc · ~18 km · Must-see
• Fort William Henry · fort · Lincoln · ~19 km · Must-see
• Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal · attraction · Sagadahoc · ~20 km · Must-see
• Doubling Point Light · beach · Sagadahoc · ~20 km · Must-see
• Harbor Island Point · beach · Sagadahoc · ~22 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cape Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Cape Island

• Bailey Island · river spot · Cumberland · ~35 km · Must-see
• White Island · river spot · Rockingham · ~150 km · Must-see
• Squirrel Island · river spot · Lincoln · ~4 km
• Damariscove Island · river spot · Lincoln · ~5 km
• Fisherman Island · river spot · Lincoln · ~6 km
• Clam Rock · river spot · Lincoln · ~9 km
• Isle of Springs · river spot · Lincoln · ~11 km
• Little Knubble · river spot · Sagadahoc · ~13 km
• Pond Island · river spot · Sagadahoc · ~13 km
• Beal Island · river spot · Sagadahoc · ~15 km

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