It is around 0.53 miles (0.85 km) across at its widest point, in the inner waters of Casco Bay.

[1] It sits directly north of the Ellis C. Snodgrass Memorial Bridge.

Whites Cove Road, off Gilman Road, leads to the cove.

[2] The cove is named for Nicholas White,[3] who arrived in 1667.

[4] It was once the home of Captain Frank L.