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Fort Trumbull Beach

Fort Trumbull Beach from directly overhead

Fort Trumbull Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Eric Zimmerman Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.2 miles off.

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beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810926, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates41.20734, -73.05830

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
  • Silver Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Gulf Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Silver Sands: 0.7 mi
  • Bayview Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Walnut Beach: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Eells-Stow House: 0.8 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Americana Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 3.4 mi
  • National Helicopter Museum Inc: 3.9 mi
Peaks
  • Knobb Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Bryan Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Merwin Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Clark Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Eels Hill: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 52
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 3.3 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 4.5 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 7.4 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Farmill River Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascades: 5.9 mi
  • Cascade: 6.8 mi
  • Cascade: 6.8 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 3.4 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 3.4 mi
  • Mother Mary: 6.7 mi
  • Heron: 7.1 mi
  • An American Dream: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 18
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 5.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.4 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 11.0 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 11.3 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 0.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Pond View: 11.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.8 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Fort Trumbull Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNNW 344°202 m11.2 mi
Barn HillNW 325°200 m11.5 mi
Moose HillNW 318°198 m11.6 mi
Israel HillNW 323°192 m10.5 mi
Bugg HillNW 314°189 m11.6 mi
Upper White HillsNNW 332°188 m11.1 mi
Peck HillN 7°183 m11.9 mi
Tashua HillWNW 290°179 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4820:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

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, 5 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Milford Harbor, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1051308470

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