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Harbor View Beach

Harbor View Beach from directly overhead

Harbor View Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Yost Street Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.

The story

Beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

Wikidata Q31810943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.08121, -73.40845

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodward Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
  • Village Creek Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Calf Pasture Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Springwood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Charles Creek Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Golden Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Sasqua Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Spring Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Seymour Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Compo Hill: 3.8 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 7.1 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.3 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.4 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.1 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Yost Street Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Long Beach Island: 0.6 mi
  • Meadow Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hoyts Island: 0.8 mi
  • San Vincenzo Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • War Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Eye of Odin: 0.8 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 1.5 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 1.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Formal Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 8.3 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 1.9 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 3.9 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 4.1 mi
  • Earthplace: 4.8 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Picnic Grove: 14.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 15.5 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 15.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 4.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 4.6 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Harbor View Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNNW208 m11.3 mi
Nod HIllNNW197 m12.6 mi
Gilbert HillN186 m12.6 mi
Bald HillNNW184 m9.9 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW171 m10.9 mi
Comstock KnollNNW164 m9.1 mi
Powells HillNNE159 m11.4 mi
Flirt HillNNE148 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 8 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.07 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station South Norwalk, CT, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359286012

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