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Anchor Beach

Anchor Beach from directly overhead

Anchor Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Village Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Milford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.22365, -72.99556

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
  • Eells-Stow House: 3.2 mi
  • Ward Heitmann House Museum: 4.3 mi
  • National Art Museum of Sport: 5.0 mi
  • The Hill Museum of Arts: 5.9 mi
  • Americana Museum: 6.0 mi
Parks
  • Village Park: 0.1 mi
  • Dixson Street End: 0.2 mi
  • Borough Hall Park: 0.2 mi
  • Fannie Beach Community Center: 0.2 mi
  • Trubee Doolittle Park: 0.5 mi
Beaches
Historic sites: 56
Peaks
  • Burwell Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Eels Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Merwin Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Clark Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bryan Hill: 1.8 mi
Gardens: 47
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 2.0 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 6.0 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 6.1 mi
  • John B Pierce: 6.3 mi
  • An American Dream: 6.3 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 19
Attractions: 15
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 2.8 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.8 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
  • Pond View: 14.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Anchor Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNE216 m13.3 mi
Great HillNNW202 m11.5 mi
Barn HillNW200 m12.9 mi
Moose HillNW198 m13.3 mi
Israel HillNW192 m12.0 mi
Rockhouse HillNNW192 m13.4 mi
Round HillN190 m11.3 mi
Upper White HillsNW188 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 6 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Gulf Beach, CT, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/816389753

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