Kiddie's Beach
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Kiddie's Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fitch's Pond Tract, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.
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The story
beach in New London County, Connecticut, United States
Wikidata Q31810985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 17.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 19.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.7 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fitch's Pond Tract: 0.3 mi
- WLT Oswegatchie Woods Tract: 0.4 mi
- Aydelotte Easement: 0.4 mi
- Madara Tract: 0.9 mi
- Manitock Hill Road (Owned By New London): 1.4 mi
- Mount Tabor: 1.1 mi
- Oswegatchie Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mullen Hill: 1.3 mi
- Manitock Hill: 1.4 mi
- Green Hill: 1.4 mi
- Glendenning Field: 1.1 mi
- Pine Grove Ballfield: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Field: 1.7 mi
- North Road Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Niantic River Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 2.0 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 2.4 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 2.7 mi
- Crescent Beach: 2.9 mi
- Attawan Beach: 3.7 mi
- East Lyme Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Columbo Statue: 3.9 mi
- Captain Hopley Yeaton Memorial: 4.1 mi
- The Guns: 4.1 mi
- United States Maritime Service Officers School: 4.2 mi
- Niantic Children’s Museum: 2.4 mi
- Nathaniel Hempstead House: 3.8 mi
- New London County Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Lyman Allyn Museum of Art: 4.1 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Museum: 4.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cascade: 8.1 mi
- Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Cascade: 12.2 mi
- Chapman Falls: 12.5 mi
- The Whale: 4.3 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 8.1 mi
- turtle rock: 8.1 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.2 mi
- tri-town marker: 8.8 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 3.8 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 6.0 mi
- Sparky: 6.8 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 9.3 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 10.3 mi
- Wildflower Garden: 3.8 mi
- Laurel Walk: 3.9 mi
- Azalea Garden: 3.9 mi
- Sprout Garden: 4.0 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 4.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 9.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.9 mi
- Crow Head: 17.5 mi
- Ram Head: 19.8 mi
- Hedges Bank: 21.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 10.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 16.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 16.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 16.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 16.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 3.0 mi
- Powder House: 3.0 mi
- Old Spring: 10.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Kiddie's Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Hill | N 11° | 149 m | 6.9 mi |
| Crandall Hill | NNE 20° | 137 m | 7.5 mi |
| Beckwith Hill | NNW 333° | 135 m | 7.4 mi |
| Ridge Hill | N 351° | 134 m | 5.3 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNW 329° | 131 m | 6.8 mi |
| Grassy Hill | WNW 302° | 129 m | 6.3 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NNW 346° | 120 m | 4.2 mi |
| Polly Hill | NNW 343° | 117 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Niantic, Niantic River, CT, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43439683
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