Front Beach
Front Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pardee Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 25.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pardee Park: 0.7 mi
- Pawnson Park: 1.1 mi
- Parker Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Pawson Park Marsh Wildlife Area: 1.3 mi
- Lions Park: 1.4 mi
- Short Beach Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Farm River State Park: 1.0 mi
- Bradford Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Beacon Hill Preserve: 1.4 mi
- East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area: 1.7 mi
- Connecticut Trolley Museum: 1.8 mi
- The Shore Line Trolley Museum: 2.0 mi
- Harrison House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Stony Creek Museum: 4.7 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 5.8 mi
- Short Beach: 0.8 mi
- Sunset Beach: 1.1 mi
- Victoria Beach: 1.4 mi
- Momauguin Beach: 1.6 mi
- Pebbley Beach: 1.6 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 2.2 mi
- Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 2.2 mi
- East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 2.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.2 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.7 mi
- Branford Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cherry Hill: 2.3 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 2.5 mi
- Raynham Hill: 3.1 mi
- Grand Acres Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 5.4 mi
- Washington Ave Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Truman Street Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- John B Pierce: 5.9 mi
- An American Dream: 6.0 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 6.5 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 7.0 mi
- Turtle Statue: 7.2 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 9.3 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 11.3 mi
- Sperry Falls: 11.9 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 12.2 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 13.1 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 7.0 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 8.2 mi
- Bear Cave: 10.6 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 13.6 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.0 mi
- Pond View: 21.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 21.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 6.6 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.2 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 21.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 18.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Front Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Rock | NNW 334° | 216 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNE 23° | 210 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNW 348° | 206 m | 12.6 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 318° | 190 m | 12.6 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NNE 21° | 176 m | 10.8 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 310° | 171 m | 13.1 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NE 36° | 167 m | 12.3 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | NNE 33° | 156 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 3 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Branford, Branford River, CT, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359284805
Day trips start here
- Essex · 24 mi
- Old Saybrook · 24 mi
- Old Lyme · 28 mi
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