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Holiday Point Community Beach

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Holiday Point Community Beach from directly overhead

Holiday Point Community Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sherman Town Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.56690, -73.48745

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 2.2 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 3.9 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 8.4 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 10.1 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 10.5 mi
Museums: 41
Waterfalls: 33
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Cascades: 8.6 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Personal Gardens: 6.7 mi
  • Judea Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 13.0 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 13.0 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 12
Artworks: 10
  • greek letter pi: 10.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.1 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 14.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Holiday Point Community Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillWNW 298°405 m3.1 mi
Bear HillNE 36°390 m7.8 mi
Birch HillSW 229°386 m4.8 mi
Cranberry MountainSW 222°376 m5.8 mi
West MountainWNW 294°373 m7.6 mi
Branch HillW 279°370 m2.2 mi
Seeley HillNW 304°368 m3.4 mi
Turner MountainNW 305°362 m2.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/995565526

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