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Bluff Point Beach

Bluff Point Beach, a beach in Connecticut
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Bluff Point Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Church Hill stands 120 m to the north, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bushy Point Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 12 miles off.

The story

beach in New London County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810873, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.31676, -72.03757

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
  • Fort Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Averys Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Hazelnut Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Long Hill: 3.1 mi
  • North Hill: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Cascade: 2.7 mi
  • Cascade: 2.9 mi
  • Silver Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Cascade: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 14
  • Sensory Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 4.0 mi
  • East Garden: 4.0 mi
  • West Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Factory Pond: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Bluff Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Church HillN 11°120 m9.8 mi
Konomoc HillNW 312°112 m9.2 mi
Pie HillNNW 329°109 m10.1 mi
Gungywamp HillN 352°108 m5.9 mi
Vinegar HillN 353°108 m7.5 mi
Haughton MountainNNW 337°103 m9.7 mi
Great HillNW 314°99 m8.0 mi
Pumpkin HillNNE 22°96 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1115:3816:23

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, 1 mi away.

Mean tidal range 2.5 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station WEST MYSTIC, MYSTIC RIVER, CT, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359260426

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