Harbor Point Beach
Harbor Point Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Diving Island, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31810942, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 16.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Palmer Hill: 3.8 mi
- South Ridge: 4.6 mi
- Christie Hill: 6.8 mi
- Webbs Hill: 7.1 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 7.4 mi
- Bruce Museum: 1.4 mi
- Greenwich Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Putnam Cottage Museum: 2.1 mi
- Whittingham Discovery Center: 3.8 mi
- MNH Outpost: 4.5 mi
- Uncas Point Beach: 1.4 mi
- Fords Beach: 2.1 mi
- Hawthorne Beach: 3.7 mi
- Woodway Beach Club: 4.1 mi
- West Beach: 4.1 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 1.2 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 1.9 mi
- Stamford Cone: 3.6 mi
- Samford Sign: 3.8 mi
- José Martí: 3.9 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 3.8 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 6.8 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.2 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 8.9 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 10.2 mi
- Diving Island: 0.3 mi
- Greenwich Island: 0.9 mi
- Oneida Drive/Indian Harbor Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Sachem Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Helen Binney Kitchel Natural Park: 2.2 mi
- Bruce Park: 1.0 mi
- Greenwich Point Park: 1.1 mi
- Grass Island Park: 1.2 mi
- Bush-Holley Historic Site and Visitor Center: 1.4 mi
- Bruce Park Playground: 1.5 mi
- Holly Grove: 1.2 mi
- South Lake Walk: 5.2 mi
- East Woodland Walk: 5.3 mi
- West Woodland Walk: 5.4 mi
- Water Lily Garden: 5.4 mi
- Greenwich Civil War Monument: 2.1 mi
- Spanish American War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Statue of Columbus: 3.9 mi
- Civil War Monument Park: 4.0 mi
- 1BCG: 4.2 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 5.3 mi
- Upper Education Area: 10.9 mi
- Lower Education Area: 11.0 mi
- Picnic Area C: 15.1 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 15.2 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.2 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Raven's Rock: 12.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 2.7 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 8.6 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 11.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.4 mi
- Farms Falls: 7.8 mi
- Sheep Falls: 17.8 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 20.4 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 22.5 mi
- The Loch: 24.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.5 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 4.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Harbor Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aspetong | N 350° | 229 m | 15.0 mi |
| Guard Hill | NNW 337° | 226 m | 14.4 mi |
| Chappaqua Hill | NW 320° | 219 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NW 313° | 216 m | 13.8 mi |
| McKesson Hill | NW 323° | 213 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | WNW 301° | 211 m | 13.1 mi |
| Becks Hill | NNE 15° | 208 m | 15.0 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 24° | 184 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Cos Cob Harbor, CT, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359286010
Day trips start here
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