[2] Cape Neddick Light, also known as Nubble Lighthouse, is the most distinctive feature of the community.

[4] Cape Neddick has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), its main features are long cold winters and sometimes hot summers.

Since the weather station was established and began to observe in 2000, it has never measured a low temperature below −20 °F (−29 °C).

Extreme temperatures range from −14 °F (−26 °C) on February 15–16, 2003 up to 97 °F (36 °C) on July 23, 2011; the record cold daily maximum is 0 °F (−18 °C), set on January 15, 2004, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is 77 °F (25 °C) on June 29, 2021.

27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There are two listings on the National Register of Historic Places for Cape Neddick.

One is St. Peter's By-The-Sea Protestant Episcopal Church, and the other is Cape Neddick Light just off the coast.

Cape Neddick Country Club offers golfing on an 18-hole course designed by Donald Ross Before 1655 Cape Neddick was inhabited by John Gooch, Peter Weare, Edward Wanton, Sylvester Stover and Thomas Wheelwright and their families.