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East Rive Beach

East Rive Beach from directly overhead

East Rive Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Fowler Mountain stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mancheski Meadow, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

Beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

Wikidata Q31810908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.26732, -72.63843

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites: 58
Peaks
  • Clapboard Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Green Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Camp Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 36
Attractions: 27
  • Dinosaur Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 8.3 mi
  • Bear Cave: 8.5 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 9.7 mi
  • Stone Table: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 27
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 21.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of East Rive Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler MountainNNW230 m13.2 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNW210 m12.5 mi
Goose HillNNE201 m12.7 mi
Mount PisgahN196 m12.5 mi
Totoket MountainNW176 m11.2 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNNW167 m9.4 mi
East SugarloafNNW156 m8.9 mi
Bunker HillN153 m11.3 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, 13 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Guilford Harbor, CT, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359262699

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