Dossin Park Beach
Dossin Park Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 41 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bridge, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.
The story
beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Wikidata Q31810904, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 41 m
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Bridge: 0.0 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 2.5 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 2.5 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 2.5 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 2.5 mi
- Quinnipiac Park: 0.3 mi
- Meriden Rod and Gun Club: 1.0 mi
- City Open Space (Grove Street): 1.3 mi
- Seeley Acres: 1.5 mi
- Woodhaven Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Habershon Field: 0.5 mi
- Diamond Hill Park: 0.7 mi
- American Legion Park: 0.7 mi
- Johnson Hill Park: 1.5 mi
- Gilman Park: 1.6 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 1.6 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 2.1 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 2.7 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 2.9 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 3.4 mi
- Markham Hill: 1.7 mi
- East Peak: 2.4 mi
- South Mountain: 2.5 mi
- West Peak: 2.8 mi
- Buckwheat Hill: 2.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 6.2 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 2.7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.3 mi
- 1954: 5.5 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 7.1 mi
- Libby's Lump: 8.7 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 10.3 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 10.3 mi
- First Tear: 9.1 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 10.1 mi
- Maori Head: 10.3 mi
- Home: 10.3 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 10.8 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 5.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 6.5 mi
- Boating Side: 12.9 mi
- Waterfront: 13.0 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 17.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.6 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 11.2 mi
- Green Wall: 12.3 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 12.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 13.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 4.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 5.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 5.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 24.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 25.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Dossin Park Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | N 355° | 301 m | 2.8 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | NW 326° | 290 m | 9.2 mi |
| Southington Mountain | NW 314° | 281 m | 7.8 mi |
| East Peak | N 3° | 277 m | 2.4 mi |
| Higby Mountain | ENE 68° | 272 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Sanford | SW 234° | 263 m | 7.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | W 270° | 263 m | 8.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | W 259° | 260 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 1 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Middletown, CT, 10 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359284506
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 26 mi
- Essex · 26 mi
- Old Saybrook · 28 mi
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