Fairfield Beach
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.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 1.4 mi
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 1.6 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 5.1 mi
- Barnum Museum: 5.2 mi
- Mid Fairfield Youth Museum: 6.5 mi
- South Pine Creek Beach: 0.7 mi
- Fairfield Public Beach: 1.0 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach: 1.1 mi
- Penfield Beach: 1.2 mi
- Jennings Beach: 1.8 mi
- Sasco Hill: 0.9 mi
- Round Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mill Hill: 2.5 mi
- Osborne Hill: 3.0 mi
- Orchard Hill: 3.1 mi
- 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
- Fairfield Honor Roll: 1.5 mi
- Powder House - 1814: 1.6 mi
- Saint Mary’s By-The-Sea: 2.0 mi
- Ash Creek Restoration Project: 2.0 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 2.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Devil's Glen Falls: 9.6 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 12.5 mi
- Sheep Falls: 13.2 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 13.8 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 15.2 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 16.7 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 18.2 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 18.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 5.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 6.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 8.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 8.3 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 13.6 mi
- 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
- Pleasure Beach: 5.4 mi
- Cuties Island: 14.5 mi
- The Silver Spring: 15.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Fairfield Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tashua Hill | N 2° | 179 m | 9.6 mi |
| Hirams Hill | N 359° | 167 m | 12.2 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | WNW 299° | 164 m | 12.1 mi |
| Booth Hill | NNE 19° | 160 m | 11.5 mi |
| Powells Hill | NNW 334° | 159 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sport Hill | N 356° | 154 m | 8.3 mi |
| Flirt Hill | NNW 338° | 148 m | 9.8 mi |
| Staples Hill | NNW 345° | 144 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 6.84 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Southport, Southport Harbor, CT, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359262930
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 15 mi
- Bayville · 22 mi
- Oyster Bay · 23 mi
- Port Chester · 23 mi
- Rye Brook · 23 mi
- Purchase · 24 mi
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