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Circle Beach

Circle Beach from directly overhead

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.

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The story

beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810890, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.26704, -72.65176

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • 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
Gardens: 42
Waterfalls: 40
  • Cascade: 3.1 mi
  • Nineveh Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Stair Brook Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Cascade: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 31
  • 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
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • 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
Lighthouses: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler MountainNNW 339°230 m13.0 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNW 339°210 m12.2 mi
Goose HillNNE 20°201 m13.0 mi
Mount PisgahN 355°196 m12.5 mi
Totoket MountainNNW 327°176 m10.8 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNNW 344°167 m9.2 mi
East SugarloafNNW 331°156 m8.6 mi
Bunker HillN 6°153 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 12 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Guilford Harbor, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261846

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