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Front Beach

Front Beach from directly overhead

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

Coordinates41.25176, -72.83982

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • 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
Historic sites
  • 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
Gardens: 47
Waterfalls: 35
Artworks: 23
  • 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
Attractions: 22
  • 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
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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 areas: 6
  • 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
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Front Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 334°216 m12.3 mi
Mount CarmelNNW 348°206 m12.6 mi
Round HillNW 318°190 m12.6 mi
Peck HillNW 311°183 m13.3 mi
Totoket MountainNNE 21°176 m10.8 mi
Peck HillNW 310°171 m13.1 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNE 36°167 m12.3 mi
East SugarloafNNE 33°156 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1415:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 3 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Branford, Branford River, CT, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359284805

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