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Fairfield Public Beach

Fairfield Public Beach from directly overhead

Fairfield Public Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sasco Hill Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.12176, -73.27595

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Pine Creek Avenue Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Perry"s Green: 0.8 mi
  • Rugby Park: 1.2 mi
  • Wakeman Boys & Girls Club: 1.2 mi
  • Southport Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Sasco Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Mill Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Clapboard Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Round Hill: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Old Dam Road Marsh Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Pine Creek Marsh: 0.8 mi
  • Old Field Marsh Open Space: 0.9 mi
  • Welch Terrace Marsh Open Space: 1.2 mi
  • Palmers Neck Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 5.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Heron: 9.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 11.3 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 11.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 1.9 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.7 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 9.3 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 11.3 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Grove: 7.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.4 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 13.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
  • Cascade: 11.1 mi
  • Cascade: 12.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Fairfield Public Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillN 8°179 m9.7 mi
Round HillN 358°170 m9.0 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 301°164 m11.3 mi
Powells HillNNW 340°159 m8.4 mi
Sport HillN 3°154 m8.3 mi
Flirt HillNNW 344°148 m9.5 mi
Staples HillN 352°144 m8.0 mi
Honey HillNW 317°143 m11.4 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, 8 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 6.84 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Southport, Southport 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/359285779

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