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Grove Beach

Grove Beach from directly overhead

Grove Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Turkey Hill stands 140 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Clinton Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.

The story

beach in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810936, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.27093, -72.48398

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • Murdock Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Tom: 2.6 mi
  • Toby Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Cedar Knoll: 3.6 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens: 44
Waterfalls: 33
  • Nineveh Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Cascade: 11.8 mi
  • Cascade: 11.9 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Succor Brook Falls: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Stone Table: 5.5 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 7.6 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 10.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 12.0 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 12.4 mi
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Grove Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillN 353°140 m11.4 mi
Turkey HillN 355°138 m10.1 mi
Mount ArcherNE 35°136 m11.2 mi
Wig HillN 360°128 m9.3 mi
Tower HillNNW 343°126 m6.2 mi
Nickerson HillNE 43°123 m12.0 mi
Buell HillNW 319°119 m7.4 mi
Honey HillNE 36°114 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 15 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Westbrook, Duck Island Roads, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359263922

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