Popham

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On our way home, we stopped at Popham Beach. It was cool and windy.

Anne standing in the wet sand at Popham Beach using a tripod-mounted camera

Broad empty sweep of sand at Popham Beach beneath a sky streaked with thin clouds

Large driftwood logs resting on open sand with the tree line in the distance

View across Popham Beach toward the distant lighthouse on the far rocky point

Small dune of beach grass on the sand with the dark tree line beyond

Wide sandy beach at Popham with driftwood in the foreground and a low rocky island offshore

Weathered tree stump partly buried upright in the sand at Popham Beach

Ripples and shallow tidal channels crossing the sand toward three low rocky islets offshore

Low blowing sand skimming across the beach in the strong wind

Waves rolling in along the broad beach at Popham with houses and forest across the bay

Wind-sculpted sand and driftwood scattered across the beach

(Nearby Fort Popham:)

Interior courtyard of Fort Popham with arched openings around the granite walls

Long vaulted corridor inside Fort Popham with brick ceilings and repeating stone arches

Fort Popham seen from the beach with its granite walls rising behind shoreline boulders

Male common eider lifting one wing while floating on dark blue water, with another duck behind it

Large flock of dark seabirds and gulls feeding on the water beyond the rocks near Fort Popham

Updated April 2026