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Attawan Beach

Attawan Beach from directly overhead

Attawan Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Ridge Hill stands 134 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Old Black Point Road), a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 10 miles off.

The story

beach in New London County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810868, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.30410, -72.20458

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • McCook Point Park: 1.1 mi
  • Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 1.5 mi
  • Dodge Pond Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
  • East Lyme Town Ramp: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Baptist Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Ararat: 1.4 mi
  • Green Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Durfey Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Amon Hill: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 29
  • Silver Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
  • Cascade: 10.3 mi
  • Cascade: 13.9 mi
  • Cascade: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 25
  • The Whale: 6.7 mi
  • turtle rock: 10.2 mi
  • tri-town marker: 10.5 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 11.3 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Rock Garden: 4.7 mi
  • West Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 4.8 mi
  • East Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Attawan Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ridge HillN 4°134 m8.6 mi
Grassy HillNNW 330°129 m7.7 mi
Morgan HillN 3°120 m7.4 mi
Polly HillN 3°117 m7.0 mi
Konomoc HillNNE 15°112 m7.2 mi
Brown HillNW 314°112 m8.3 mi
Beaverdam HillNNE 11°105 m8.4 mi
Pond HillNNW 336°103 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1719:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239485766727265544537
Precip in2.72.23.83.63.33.33.23.33.83.73.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 8 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Niantic, Niantic River, CT, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/431603469

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