Alvord Beach
Alvord Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Gilbert Hill stands 186 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is 9-11 Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31810863, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Heron: 11.6 mi
- Dancing Girl: 11.9 mi
- Samford Sign: 12.1 mi
- Stamford Cone: 12.2 mi
- Mother Mary: 13.2 mi
- Sherwood Island State Park: 0.6 mi
- Machamux Park: 0.7 mi
- Walter D. Allen Saltmarsh Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Sherwood Mill Pond Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Compo-Owenoke Historic District: 1.7 mi
- Clapboard Hill: 0.8 mi
- Compo Hill: 1.3 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.4 mi
- Benjamin Hill: 1.6 mi
- Seymour Rock: 2.2 mi
- Burying Hill Beach: 0.4 mi
- Compo Beach: 1.5 mi
- Southport Beach: 1.7 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach: 2.6 mi
- Fairfield Public Beach: 2.6 mi
- 9-11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 1.6 mi
- Haskins Greenhouses: 1.8 mi
- Capped Water Well: 1.9 mi
- Haskins House: 1.9 mi
- Sherwood Millpond: 0.8 mi
- Hilla von Robay Arborertum: 1.2 mi
- H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Haskins Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Westway Road Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 4.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.4 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 14.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 14.7 mi
- Pond View: 14.8 mi
- Earthplace: 3.7 mi
- Burr Homestead: 4.3 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 6.7 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 8.6 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 8.9 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 9.0 mi
- Sheep Falls: 11.2 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 13.8 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 14.2 mi
- Farms Falls: 15.1 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 14.2 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 15.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 15.7 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 15.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 3.4 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 8.5 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 11.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 11.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.5 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 8.8 mi
- Cuties Island: 11.0 mi
- The Silver Spring: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Alvord Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Hill | NNW 335° | 186 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | NW 311° | 184 m | 10.5 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNE 21° | 179 m | 10.9 mi |
| Upper Bald Hill | NW 315° | 171 m | 11.3 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | NW 312° | 164 m | 9.6 mi |
| Powells Hill | N 358° | 159 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sport Hill | NNE 19° | 154 m | 9.3 mi |
| Flirt Hill | N 359° | 148 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 11 mi away.
Mean tidal range 6.99 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station SAUGATUCK, SAUGATUCK RIVER, CT, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/720865857
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 12 mi
- Bayville · 19 mi
- Port Chester · 19 mi
- Oyster Bay · 20 mi
- Rye Brook · 20 mi
- Purchase · 21 mi
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