Circle Beach
Circle Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Fowler Mountain stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Carlson Meadow, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 18 miles off.
The story
Beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31810890, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 22.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East River Wildlife Area: 0.6 mi
- The Ox Pasture: 0.6 mi
- Jacob's Beach: 0.9 mi
- Chittenden Park: 1.0 mi
- Chaffinch Island State Park: 1.4 mi
- East Rive Beach: 0.7 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 0.8 mi
- Daniel Ave. Beach: 1.8 mi
- Indian Cove Beach: 1.9 mi
- Shell Beach: 3.4 mi
- Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum: 1.4 mi
- Thomas Griswold House: 1.7 mi
- Hyland House Museum: 1.7 mi
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 2.6 mi
- Deacon John Grave House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Tribute to Freedom: 0.8 mi
- Guilford World War II Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Guilford World War I Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Guilford Granite: 1.9 mi
- Guilford Soldiers Monument: 1.9 mi
- Clapboard Hill: 1.8 mi
- Green Hill: 2.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.2 mi
- Hungry Hill: 3.8 mi
- Camp Hill: 4.3 mi
- Carlson Meadow: 0.2 mi
- Town Dock: 0.2 mi
- Grass Island: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Island: 0.4 mi
- Mancheski Meadow: 0.7 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.0 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 3.5 mi
- Bear Cave: 8.2 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 8.8 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 9.6 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 10.4 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 6.6 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 11.5 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 16.6 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 16.9 mi
- James Madison: 2.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 6.0 mi
- snake: 9.7 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 14.0 mi
- John B Pierce: 14.8 mi
- Chimney Corner: 3.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 9.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.2 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 16.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.8 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 24.8 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Circle Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Mountain | NNW 339° | 230 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNW 339° | 210 m | 12.2 mi |
| Goose Hill | NNE 20° | 201 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 355° | 196 m | 12.5 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NNW 327° | 176 m | 10.8 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NNW 344° | 167 m | 9.2 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | NNW 331° | 156 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bunker Hill | N 6° | 153 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 12 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Guilford Harbor, CT, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359261846
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 14 mi
- Essex · 15 mi
- Old Lyme · 18 mi
- East Lyme · 23 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 27 mi
- Waterford · 27 mi
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