In addition, many marine animals and plants are common to the area. Odiorne Point State Park is the site of the Russell B. Tobey Visitor Center, a facility well worth a visit. Rough water during storms. Sandy bottom with lots of hermit and green crabs and some moon snails. Cove contains lush seaweed and sea grass.
Boulders make up the bottom near the cement pier, providing an alternate substrate to explore.
Mild in the cove, but strong outside when the tides are running. Look for the Elkins Cove sign. Divers often find anchors and fishing gear. Beside the ramp. The 90-foot steamship Edmund Burke burned to the waterline and sank here in the 1930's.