Cliff Island

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Cliff Island is an island in Casco Bay Maine. It is part of the city of Portland, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the island had a year-round population of approximately 60 people. In the summer, the island's population grows to about 200, despite the fact that it is the only year-round inhabited island in Casco Bay with no paved roads. Originally named Crotch Island for its H-shape and natural harbors, the name was changed to end mail mix-ups with several other islands in Maine. ()

Coordinates: 43°41'46"N, 70°6'28"W

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Cliff Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Portland Head Light, Great Chebeague Golf Club, Fort Williams Park, Ram Island Ledge Light.

7.1 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, Lighthouse
Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth
181 min walk • Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine.
3.8 miN
Golf
Great Chebeague Golf Club, Chebeague Island
97 min walk • The Great Chebeague Golf Club is a country club at 16 Stone Wharf Road on Chebeague Island, Maine. It has a nine-hole golf course on more than 28 acres on the north side of the island.
7.2 miSW
Park, Lighthouse
Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth
184 min walk • Fort Williams Park is a 90-acre park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, encompassing numerous historical sites. Perhaps most famous for having Portland Head Light on its grounds, the park also encompasses the decommissioned and largely demolished United States Army post Fort Williams, which was operational during World War I and World War II.
6 miSW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Ram Island Ledge Light, Portland
153 min walk • Ram Island Ledge Light is a lighthouse in Casco Bay, Maine, United States, marking the northern end of the main channel leading the harbor of Portland, Maine.
5.3 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, Fashion museum
Umbrella Cover Museum, Peaks Island
135 min walk • The Umbrella Cover Museum in Peaks Island, Maine is a museum that pays tribute to umbrella covers. The museum was created and is curated by Nancy 3. Hoffman, who has collected more than 2000 umbrella covers from 66 countries as of July 2018.
4.8 miN
Church, Shingle style architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Cousins Island Chapel, Yarmouth
122 min walk • Cousins Island Chapel is an historic non-denominational chapel at 414 Cousins Street on Cousins Island, an island in Casco Bay off the coast of Yarmouth, Maine.
4.6 miW
Forts and castles
Fort McKinley, Great Diamond Island
118 min walk • Fort McKinley is a former United States Army coastal defense fort on Great Diamond Island, Maine in Casco Bay, which operated from 1873 to 1947. It was named for President William McKinley. It included a sub-post, Fort Lyon, on Cow Island, just north of Great Diamond Island. Fort Lyon was named for Nathaniel Lyon.
5.2 miSW
History museum, Museum
Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center, Peaks Island
133 min walk • The Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center is a historic building at 45 Seashore Avenue on Peaks Island, an island neighborhood of Portland, Maine in Casco Bay.
5.2 miSW
Hotel, Science museum, Memorial
Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial, Peaks Island
132 min walk • The Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial, now the 8th Maine Lodge, is a historic summer fraternal meeting house at 13 Eighth Maine Avenue on Peaks Island, an island neighborhood of Portland, Maine.
6.3 miNE
Library
Harpswell Coastal Academy, Brunswick
160 min walk • Harpswell Coastal Academy is a Charter School serving grades 5–12 with campuses located in Brunswick, Maine and Harpswell, Maine. The school is funded by the State of Maine. It was one of nine school districts in the state to receive federal funding under the Rethinking Remote Education Venture.
1.3 miSE
Island
Jewell Island
33 min walk • Jewell Island is a small island in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. About 1 mile long from SW to NE, it is located off the coast of Cliff Island, approximately 8 miles from downtown Portland, Maine.