Saco Bay (/ˈsɑːkoʊ/ SAH-koh) is a small curved embayment of the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic coast of Maine in the United States.
Saco Bay is approximately 10 mi (16 km) wide, running from the Fletcher Neck (the Biddeford Pool peninsula) and the mouth of the Saco River in York County north to the Scarborough River and Prouts Neck in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine,[1] approximately 13 mi (19 km) southwest of Portland. The shoreline of the bay makes the largest sand beach and salt marsh system in Maine and contains the longest unbroken stretch of beach in the state.
- ^ Slovinsky, Peter A. & Dickson, Stephen M. (2005). "Variation of Beach Morphology along the Saco Bay Littoral Cell: an Analysis of Recent Trends and Management Alternatives". Maine Geological Survey. Department of Conservation, State of Maine. Retrieved July 1, 2006.