Holland Beach
Holland Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Wangum Lake Hill stands 521 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Lake Boat Launch, a park 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 24.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Highland Lake Boat Launch: 0.1 mi
- Town Park: 0.6 mi
- Resha Beach: 0.6 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Monument: 0.7 mi
- Walker Field: 1.2 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 0.6 mi
- American Mural Project: 1.5 mi
- Peoples State Forest Nature Museum: 4.6 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Old School House Museum: 6.2 mi
- Orchard Street Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Cannavo Springs Watershed: 0.7 mi
- Hurlbut Street Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Sucker Brook Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Stevens Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Spencer Hill: 1.2 mi
- Wallens Hill: 2.0 mi
- Platt Hill: 2.3 mi
- Babb Hill: 3.0 mi
- Panorama Hill: 3.1 mi
- Hermit memorial: 3.9 mi
- Jones Memorial: 6.7 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 7.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 11.3 mi
- 4 towns meet: 3.0 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 4.3 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 4.6 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 6.5 mi
- Indian Council Caves: 8.3 mi
- Burr Falls: 3.6 mi
- Tunxis Falls: 3.7 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 4.8 mi
- Beulah Falls: 5.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.7 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 15.0 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 18.7 mi
- Cow: 20.4 mi
- Angel of Independence: 20.7 mi
- The Globe: 20.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 13.0 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 18.5 mi
- Perennial Garden: 19.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 19.4 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 1.2 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 8.2 mi
- The Beech: 10.2 mi
- Space Invaders: 10.3 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 10.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.3 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 17.8 mi
- County Beach: 18.1 mi
- Babbs Beach: 18.7 mi
- Boating Side: 20.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 0.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 4.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 4.4 mi
- Big Spring: 4.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 15.8 mi
- Questing: 16.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.1 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Holland Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangum Lake Hill | WNW 291° | 521 m | 9.4 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | NW 322° | 519 m | 9.4 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | N 355° | 517 m | 9.4 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NW 312° | 510 m | 8.5 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | NW 304° | 506 m | 6.7 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | WSW 244° | 504 m | 7.9 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NW 326° | 499 m | 9.0 mi |
| The Matterhorn | W 280° | 498 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439897
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 17 mi
- Monterey · 19 mi
- Otis · 19 mi
- Blandford · 20 mi
- Great Barrington · 24 mi
- Chester · 25 mi
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