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Farview Beach

Farview Beach from directly overhead

Farview Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Hutchins Parkette, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.

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The story

beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.21676, -73.00594

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Burwell Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Merwin Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Clark Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Eels Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Bryan Hill: 1.2 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums
  • Eells-Stow House: 2.7 mi
  • Ward Heitmann House Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Americana Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 5.6 mi
  • National Art Museum of Sport: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 50
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 2.6 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 5.6 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Cascades: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade: 8.1 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 5.6 mi
  • John B Pierce: 7.0 mi
  • An American Dream: 7.0 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 18
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 3.3 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 8.5 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.8 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
  • Pond View: 13.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Farview Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNNW 330°202 m11.7 mi
Barn HillNW 314°200 m12.8 mi
Israel HillNW 311°192 m11.9 mi
Round HillN 1°190 m11.7 mi
Upper White HillsNW 319°188 m12.1 mi
Peck HillN 353°183 m11.3 mi
Tashua HillWNW 283°179 m13.0 mi
Walnut Tree HillNW 306°171 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

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, 7 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359263022

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