Alvord Beach
Alvord Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sherwood Millpond: 0.8 mi
- Hilla von Robay Arborertum: 1.2 mi
- H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve: 1.3 mi
- H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Haskins Preserve: 1.8 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
- 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
- Heron: 11.6 mi
- Dancing Girl: 11.9 mi
- Samford Sign: 12.1 mi
- Stamford Cone: 12.2 mi
- Mother Mary: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.1 mi
- The Meadow: 11.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 14.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 14.7 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
- Cascade: 9.2 mi
- Cascade: 10.3 mi
- Cascade: 10.9 mi
- Sheep Falls: 11.2 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 14.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 14.2 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 15.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 15.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 3.4 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 8.5 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 11.6 mi
- Fog Signal House: 11.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 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 11.1 miles of Alvord Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | NW 311° | 184 m | 10.5 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNE 21° | 179 m | 10.9 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 13° | 170 m | 9.8 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 |
| Staples Hill | N 10° | 144 m | 8.6 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 miaway — 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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