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Bushy Point Beach

Bushy Point Beach, a beach in Connecticut
Bushy Point Beach, a beach in ConnecticutMark Apgar · CC BY 4.0

Bushy Point Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Church Hill stands 120 m to the north-northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Point Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

beach in New London County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810879, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.31878, -72.04385

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Averys Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Fort Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Hazelnut Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Fort Griswold Hill: 3.1 mi
Museums
Artworks: 20
Waterfalls: 20
  • Cascade: 2.7 mi
  • Cascade: 2.9 mi
  • Silver Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Cascade: 19.0 mi
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 14
  • Sensory Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 3.7 mi
  • East Garden: 3.7 mi
  • West Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Rock Garden: 3.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Factory Pond: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Bushy Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Church HillNNE 13°120 m9.8 mi
Konomoc HillNW 313°112 m8.8 mi
Pie HillNNW 330°109 m9.8 mi
Gungywamp HillN 355°108 m5.7 mi
Vinegar HillN 355°108 m7.3 mi
Beaverdam HillNW 317°105 m9.8 mi
Haughton MountainNNW 339°103 m9.4 mi
Great HillNW 315°99 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:00
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, under a mile away.

Tides

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/977422547

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