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Jacobs Public Beach

Jacobs Public Beach from directly overhead

Jacobs Public Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Fowler Mountain stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacob's Beach, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 19 miles off.

The story

beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31810960, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.26841, -72.66800

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
Waterfalls: 46
Gardens: 42
Attractions: 30
  • Dinosaur Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Bear Cave: 7.8 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 9.2 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 9.4 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 18
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Jacobs Public Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler MountainNNW 343°230 m12.6 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNW 342°210 m11.8 mi
Goose HillNNE 24°201 m13.2 mi
Mount PisgahN 359°196 m12.3 mi
Totoket MountainNNW 330°176 m10.3 mi
Quonnipaug MountainN 349°167 m8.9 mi
East SugarloafNNW 336°156 m8.1 mi
Bunker HillN 10°153 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1919:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 12 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Guilford Harbor, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1216673425

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