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Fairfield Beach

Fairfield Beach from directly overhead

Fairfield Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Creek Marsh, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.12176, -73.25734

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Pine Creek Marsh: 0.4 mi
  • Old Dam Road Marsh Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Old Field Marsh Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Welch Terrace Marsh Open Space: 1.1 mi
  • Palmers Neck Park: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Pine Creek Avenue Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Veres Park: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.9 mi
  • Oldfield Park: 1.1 mi
  • Rugby Park: 1.2 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Gardens
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.4 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 8.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Fairfield Honor Roll: 1.5 mi
  • Powder House - 1814: 1.6 mi
  • Roger Ludlow: 1.8 mi
  • Saint Mary’s By-The-Sea: 2.0 mi
  • Ash Creek Restoration Project: 2.0 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Heron: 9.3 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.8 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 11.0 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 1.4 mi
  • Earthplace: 6.7 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 10.2 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.6 mi
  • 3-town marker: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 12.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cascade: 9.8 mi
  • Cascade: 11.7 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Cascade: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Fairfield Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillN 2°179 m9.6 mi
Round HillN 352°170 m9.1 mi
Hirams HillN 359°167 m12.2 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 299°164 m12.1 mi
Booth HillNNE 19°160 m11.5 mi
Powells HillNNW 334°159 m8.8 mi
Sport HillN 356°154 m8.3 mi
Flirt HillNNW 338°148 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 7 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 6.84 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Southport, Southport Harbor, CT, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359262930

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