Hammonasset Beach
Hammonasset Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Knoll, a peak 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.
The story
Park in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Dates from 1919.
Wikidata Q3090348, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 27.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Meigs Point Nature Center: 0.6 mi
- Stanton House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Captain Elisha White House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Clinton Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Allis-Bushnell House and Museum: 2.5 mi
- Hammonasset Beach Boat Launch: 0.7 mi
- Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Salt Meadow Park: 1.0 mi
- Waterside Green Park: 2.0 mi
- Lafayette Green: 2.3 mi
- Veteran's Walk Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Clinton Volunteer Fire Department Memorial: 2.1 mi
- The Rettich Farm Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Clinton: 2.2 mi
- Boy Scout Tree: 2.2 mi
- Cedar Knoll: 0.5 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.4 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 2.2 mi
- Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 3.4 mi
- Cow Hill: 3.7 mi
- Town of Madison Canoe/Kayak Launch: 1.4 mi
- Hammonasset River: 1.7 mi
- Ferris Salt Marsh: 1.9 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 2.0 mi
- Fence Creek Meadow: 2.0 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 2.0 mi
- Clinton Beach: 3.1 mi
- Grove Beach: 3.8 mi
- East Rive Beach: 4.4 mi
- West Beach: 4.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.6 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 5.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.3 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 7.7 mi
- Stone Table: 7.9 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 8.5 mi
- Bear Cave: 11.8 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 11.9 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 7.5 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 13.6 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 14.5 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 14.8 mi
- Seven Falls: 17.4 mi
- James Madison: 2.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 6.3 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 10.6 mi
- snake: 12.0 mi
- Big Bird: 17.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 8.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 14.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Powder House: 23.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 23.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 25.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 11.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Hammonasset Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hill | N 357° | 201 m | 12.9 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NW 322° | 167 m | 12.2 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | NW 312° | 156 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNW 342° | 153 m | 12.6 mi |
| West Sugarloaf | NW 311° | 145 m | 12.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 14° | 138 m | 11.4 mi |
| Wig Hill | NNE 19° | 128 m | 10.8 mi |
| Tower Hill | NNE 15° | 126 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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, 17 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.55 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Clinton Harbor, CT, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/231044913
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 9 mi
- Essex · 11 mi
- Old Lyme · 14 mi
- East Lyme · 18 mi
- Waterford · 22 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 25 mi
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