U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — RAD and Beach Attributes; U.S. federal government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. §105)Aging
Official catalogue · Bathing water quality
Method and source ↗In brief
0.2 mi from York Beach (Maine), Short Sands Beach is a beach. The beach faces north-east. Within 3,281 ft, OpenStreetMap lists toilets, car parks, a playground and restaurants. Nearby are Cape Neddick Beach, 1.0 mi to the north, Long Sands Beach - North, 1.0 mi to the south-west, and Long Sands Beach - South, 2.0 mi to the south-west.
Tide
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Forecast
Today’s weather
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Place characteristics
- Distance to town
- York Beach · 0.2 mi
Practical information
RecordedNot documented
© OpenStreetMap · Oct 20, 2026 · check on site · Sources
- Parking7 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 574 ftTown of York Meter Parking LotFee : Yes
- ≈ 774 ftPrivate Parking LotFee : YesCharge : 15 USD/day
- ≈ 1,010 ftTown of York Parking
- ≈ 1,083 ftFee : Yes
- ≈ 1,260 ftFee : Yes
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Toilets1 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 610 ft
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Showers
Not in our sources yet.
- Water
Not in our sources yet.
- Café10 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 722 ftPanda and Sakura
- ≈ 768 ftInn on the Blues
- ≈ 820 ftUnion Grill
- ≈ 863 ftGoldenrod KissesOpening hours : Th-Mo 09:00-15:00
- ≈ 991 ftHawaiian Jim's
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Bus
Not in our sources yet.
- Bikes1 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 482 ft
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Charging
Not in our sources yet.
- Lifeguards
Not in our sources: follow the signs on site.
- Wheelchair
Not in our sources yet.
- Dogs
Not in our sources: follow the signs on site.
- Play area1 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 210 ft
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
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Today’s windows
Calculated at 06:28 PM · rules coast-v5
- Very good window
- Possible window
- Less favourable
- Prohibited
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Shore gathering — Check first
Shore gathering
06:28 PM–09:28 PM · Check first
Confidence 25 % · rules coast-v5
Beach run — Check first
Beach run
08:00 AM–09:30 AM · Check first
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Coastal walk — Check first
Coastal walk
10:00 AM–12:00 PM · Check first
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Family beach time — Check first
Family beach time
02:00 PM–05:00 PM · Check first
Confidence 0 % · rules coast-v5
Photography — Check first
Photography
02:25 PM–04:25 PM · Check first
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Sunset — Check first
Sunset
03:40 PM–05:10 PM · Check first
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Beaches nearby
Discovery score: distance, available annual classification and catalogue quality. It is neither real-time health advice nor a safety conclusion.
- Cape Neddick BeachDistance 1.0 mi
- Long Sands Beach - NorthDistance 1.0 mi
- Long Sands Beach - SouthDistance 2.0 mi
Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page , my Commons user talk page , or my English Wikipedia user talk page ; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0York Harbor BeachDistance 3.2 mi- Little BeachDistance 4.9 mi
- Riverside (Ogunquit)Distance 5.2 mi
The place in pictures
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Country profile
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- US Dollar
- Driving side
- right
Wikidata · CC0 · Retrieved on Sep 18, 2026
Sources and method
- Tide heights
- Heights retain the vertical reference supplied by the source and are not an official hydrographic zero.
- Sea temperature and conditions
- Temperature and conditions come from a limited-resolution coastal model, not an observation at the beach. Do not use for navigation or to conclude that bathing is safe.
- Beach characteristics
- These place characteristics are recorded from the linked sources. They describe the place, not current conditions.
Source & freshness
GeoNames gazetteer (cities500) — York Beach — CC BY 4.0Fresh
Additional source
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Copernicus DEM GLO-30 -- (c) DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; distributed via the AWS Open Data Registry (bucket copernicus-dem-30m).Fresh
Additional source
Method and source ↗Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. et Airbus DS, fourni par l'UE et l'ESAFresh
Copernicus DEM (elevation)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗NOAA OISST v2.1 (NOAA PSL)Fresh
NOAA OISST (sea temperature)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗© contributeurs OpenStreetMap (ODbL)Fresh
OpenStreetMap (coastline layout)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortiumFresh
ESA WorldCover (land cover)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Lang, N., Jetz, W., Schindler, K., & Wegner, J. D. (2023). A high-resolution canopy height model of the Earth. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Data: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000609802 (CC BY 4.0)Fresh
Tree canopy (documented dataset)
Method and source ↗Bunting, P., Hilarides, L., Rosenqvist, A., Zanaga, D., Van De Kerchove, R., Lucas, R., Castro Brandao Vaz dos Santos, P. (2024). Global Mangrove Watch: Annual Mangrove Extent, version 4.0.19. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12756047 (CC BY 4.0)Fresh
Tree canopy (documented dataset)
Method and source ↗Athanasiou, P., van Dongeren, A., Pronk, M., Giardino, A., Vousdoukas, M., Ranasinghe, R. (2024). Global database of Coastal Characteristics (GCC), version 1.1. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11072020 (described in https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-313) (CC BY 4.0)Fresh
Nearshore slope (documented dataset)
Method and source ↗GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Modelled data and this estimate do not replace an official source. Mareloa is not a navigation tool.