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Giants Neck Beach

Giants Neck Beach from directly overhead

Giants Neck Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Ridge Hill stands 134 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Neck State Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 9.8 miles off.

About

The story

beach in New London County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810928, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.29838, -72.22974

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Four Mile River Boat Launch: 1.1 mi
  • McCook Point Park: 2.2 mi
  • Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Dodge Pond Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Bride Brook Historical Plaque: 1.5 mi
  • East Lyme Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Columbo Statue: 7.6 mi
  • South Battery: 7.7 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Ararat: 2.0 mi
  • Amon Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Baptist Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Green Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Mount Caesar: 3.4 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 28
  • Silver Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade: 11.7 mi
  • Cascade: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 26
  • The Whale: 8.1 mi
  • turtle rock: 10.1 mi
  • tri-town marker: 10.3 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Slaves Burying Ground: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Rock Garden: 6.0 mi
  • West Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 6.1 mi
  • East Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 21
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Giants Neck Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ridge HillNNE 12°134 m9.2 mi
Grassy HillNNW 340°129 m7.5 mi
Nickerson HillNW 324°123 m8.5 mi
Morgan HillNNE 13°120 m8.0 mi
Polly HillNNE 13°117 m7.5 mi
Brown HillNW 323°112 m7.7 mi
Konomoc HillNNE 23°112 m8.0 mi
Beaverdam HillNNE 19°105 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1719:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239485766727265544537
Precip in2.72.23.83.63.33.33.23.33.83.73.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 10 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Niantic, Niantic River, CT, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1087004085

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