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Chapman Beach

Chapman Beach from directly overhead

Chapman Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Turkey Hill stands 138 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Chalker Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.27732, -72.41949

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Old Saybrook Town Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Crystal Lake Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • Westbrook Town Green: 1.6 mi
  • Town Open Space (Magna Lane): 1.7 mi
  • Kavanagh Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Waterfalls: 30
Attractions: 29
  • Stone Table: 5.4 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 9.3 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 9.8 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Slaves Burying Ground: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 10.0 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 22
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Chapman Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillNNW 337°138 m10.5 mi
Mount ArcherNNE 20°136 m9.3 mi
Wig HillNNW 339°128 m9.4 mi
Tower HillNW 317°126 m7.5 mi
Nickerson HillNNE 30°123 m9.6 mi
Buell HillWNW 302°119 m9.7 mi
Honey HillNNE 20°114 m8.6 mi
Brown HillNE 34°112 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 13 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Westbrook, Duck Island Roads, CT, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261428

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