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Hawthorne Beach

Hawthorne Beach from directly overhead

Hawthorne Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.

The story

beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810948, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.98858, -73.65637

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Columbus Park: 0.4 mi
  • Edgewood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Edgewood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Columbus Park: 0.5 mi
  • Monument Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • South Ridge: 1.9 mi
  • Palmer Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 7.3 mi
  • High Point: 7.5 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 7.6 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • South Lake Walk: 3.5 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 3.6 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 3.7 mi
  • East Woodland Walk: 3.8 mi
  • Japanese Iris Garden: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 1.8 mi
  • The Meadow: 11.1 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 11.3 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 11.3 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Northwest Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 10.2 mi
  • Cooper Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 10.8 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Farms Falls: 9.7 mi
  • The Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Cascade: 20.6 mi
  • The Loch: 20.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.9 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Hawthorne Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongN 2°229 m16.5 mi
Guard HillN 351°226 m15.1 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 335°219 m13.9 mi
Sarles HillNNW 328°216 m13.1 mi
Hook MountainNW 304°214 m16.4 mi
McKesson HillNNW 337°213 m14.8 mi
Buttermilk HillNW 316°211 m11.6 mi
Mount NeboWNW 287°208 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 6 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Rye Beach, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/568282776

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